Moist Apple Pecan Cake

Name: Moist Apple Pecan Cake
Total time: 135 min
Ingredients: 270 g sifted flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 pinch of salt; 200 ml Luxembourg apple juice “Viz” (or cloudy apple juice); 250 g soft butter; 90 g white sugar; 90 g light brown sugar; 4 tbsp maple syrup; 1 sachet vanilla sugar; 4 eggs; 1 apple; 100 g pecans; 1 small apple; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp sugar; 100 g light brown sugar (cassonade); 60 g butter; 30 ml milk; 115 g icing sugar; 50 g pecans

KACHEN

08/10/2025

Moist Apple Pecan Cake

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Total Time 2 15

Servings: 8 servings

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Luxembourgish

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

For the cake

270 g sifted flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 pinch of salt
200 ml Luxembourg apple juice “Viz” or cloudy apple juice
250 g soft butter
90 g white sugar
90 g light brown sugar
4 tbsp maple syrup
1 sachet vanilla sugar
4 eggs
1 apple
100 g pecans

For the topping and icing

1 small apple
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp sugar
100 g light brown sugar cassonade
60 g butter
30 ml milk
115 g icing sugar
50 g pecans

Method

Cake

Preheat the oven to 170°C fan. Mix the flour with baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, beat the butter with both sugars, maple syrup and vanilla sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time.
Alternately fold in flour and apple juice, starting and ending with the flour. Avoid overmixing to keep the cake moist.
Wash and grate the apple. Chop the pecans and gently fold both into the batter.
Grease and flour a loaf tin and pour in the batter. Bake for 1 hour. Test with a skewer. Remove and let cool on a wire rack lined with baking paper.

Topping and icing

Wash the apple and cut into 8 wedges. Remove core and stem if desired. Melt 1 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp sugar in a pan and caramelise the apple wedges.
For the icing, melt 100 g brown sugar and 60 g butter in a pan.
Whisk in the milk and bring briefly to a boil.
On very low heat, sift in the icing sugar and stir constantly until smooth.
Pour the icing immediately over the cake and work quickly before it sets. Decorate straight away with the caramelised apple wedges and pecans.