Four-quarters of a cup of apple juice and cane sugar

Four-quarters of a cup of apples and cane sugar

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A soft, four-square cake filled with apple slices, baked on a caramelized cane sugar syrup. A delicious and easy-to-make dessert cake.

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This apple cake is made in two stages: the cane sugar syrup is first cooked in the pan, and then the batter is poured over the apples.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodOven baking
  • Estimated cost$5.65 $0.71 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.34
  • $0.24
  • $1.94
  • $1.39
  • $1.60
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Whisk the eggs with the sugar, then add the softened butter, flour, and baking powder. ≈ 4 min
  2. Peel the apples and cut them into slices. ≈ 8 min
  3. Heat the water in a non-stick saucepan, add the cane sugar, and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Pour une cuisson facile, pourver the syrup into a non-stick baking dish.
  5. Arrange the apple slices on top of the syrup, then pour the batter over them. ≈ 3 min
  6. Bake in the oven at 160 °C for 40 minutes.

The bill

Four-quarters of a cup of apples and cane sugar

  • 210 g of flour$0.34
  • 210 grams of sugar$0.24
  • 210 g of softened butter$1.94
  • 4 apples$1.39
  • 4 eggs$1.60
  • cane sugar, for making syrup$0.14

Total$5.65

that's $0.71 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 210 g of flour
  • 210 grams of sugar
  • 210 g of softened butter
  • 4 apples
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 sachet of yeast
  • cane sugar, for making syrup
  • 4 cl of water

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