Armamar Apple Cakes — Formula from the 2022 Gastronomy Guide
This is the formula published for Armamar in the official Fins-de-Semana Gastronómicos 2022 guide: small spheres of dough with diced apple, walnut, coconut, cinnamon and aniseed, coated in flour and baked in a very hot oven. Armamar Municipal Council confirms that the apple cakes were created by local pastry shops and belong to the municipality's growing apple-sweet repertoire. The source gives neither a yield nor portion size, so both remain open.
- Yields
- Yield not stated
- Prep
- Not stated by the source
- Cook
- About 15 min in the oven
Ingredients
- 1 kg / 2 lb 3.3 oz Wheat flour for the dough
- 300 g / 10.6 oz Butter
- 500 g / 1 lb 1.6 oz Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 50 g / 1.8 oz Milk
- 75 g / 2.6 oz Ground walnuts
- 50 g / 1.8 oz Coconut
- to taste Cinnamon
- to taste Aniseed
- 600 g / 1 lb 5.2 oz Apples
- Quantity not stated Flour for coating the spheres
Method
Mix the 500 g sugar with the 300 g butter.
Add the three eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition.
Add the 1 kg flour, 50 g milk, 75 g ground walnuts, 50 g coconut, and cinnamon and aniseed to taste. Beat with a paddle attachment until homogeneous. The source gives neither speed nor duration.
Dice the apples and fold the 600 g into the dough. The source does not say whether this weight is before or after coring and does not instruct the cook to peel the fruit.
Heat the oven to 220°C / 425°F. Divide the dough into small portions and roll each into a sphere. The source gives no weight, diameter or number of portions.
Coat the spheres in flour and place them on a baking tray. The published ingredient list does not quantify this coating flour.
Bake for about 15 minutes. The source publishes no further doneness cue or cooling time.
Sources for this recipe
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