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Apple Breton Cake
This rich dessert cake is reminiscent of the buttery fruit-filled cakes of France. In feijoa season you can make it with half apple and half feijoas — we like to use 5 of each.
Prep Time
25 mins
plus chilling
Cook Time
1 hour 10 mins
Serves
10-12
Dessert
Nut Free
Baking
Special Occasions
French
$$
Vegetarian
Ingredients
BRETON BASE
250 g butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp iced water
4 egg yolks
3 cups plain flour
1 egg yolk, to glaze
FILLING
8 large green apples, or use 5 apples and 5 feijoas
sugar, to taste (about 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup water
Breton Base
STEP 1
Beat butter and sugar together until very fluffy.
Beat in vanilla and water and add egg yolks one at a time, beating well between each one.
Stir in flour until just combined; do not beat.
STEP 2
Press two-thirds of the pastry into a 26cm springform tin, covering base and two-thirds up sides.
Roll out remaining pastry on a sheet of greaseproof paper the same diameter as the tin.
Put prepared pastry in the fridge to chill for at least 15 minutes while preparing the filling.
Filling
STEP 1
Peel and slice apples and feijoas, if using, and place in a pot with sugar and water.
Bring to a simmer over very low heat and cook for 12-15 minutes, stirring frequently, until all the liquid has evaporated.
If the fruit is still quite liquid place in a strainer - it's important that the fruit is very dry otherwise the pastry will sog.
Allow to cool completely before filling into the pastry shell.
STEP 2
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Spread fruit evenly into pastry shell.
Flip the prepared pastry lid on top, lifting off paper and pressing edges together to seal.
Brush with beaten egg yolk and run the tines of a fork in a criss-cross pattern over the pastry to decorate.
Bake until golden, about 45-50 minutes.
Serve warm or cold. Cake slices well.
STORAGE
Will keep 2-3 days in the fridge.
