This Apple Rum Cake is a delightful dessert featuring tender apples and a hint of dark rum. Perfect for any occasion, it combines the sweetness of apples with the rich flavor of rum in a moist, buttery cake. With chunks of sweet apples nestled in a tender and buttery rum cake, this French apple cake is the essence of simplicity.
Preparation Time:
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour.
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off)
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
⅔ cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling over cake
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons dark rum
2 baking apples (Honeycrisp, Fuji, or Granny Smith), peeled, cored, and cut into ½-inch cubes (3½ – 4 cups chopped)
Confectioners’ sugar (optional), for decorating cake.
