Sommeren ser ut til å være over for denne gang. For tredje dag på rad har vi våknet til rim på bakken. På grunn av nattefrosten begynner flere grønnsaker og sommerblomster å takke for seg. Squashen har blitt bitt av frosten, det samme har brekkbønnene. Men heldigvis har jeg fortsatt kunnet plukke inn en del blomster, denne gangen i mer høstlige farger.
I et av innleggene mine for litt siden viste jeg et stykke eplekake som jeg hadde bakt av sesongens første epler. Jeg har blitt spurt om oppskriften, så her kommer den, på engelsk! Eplekaken heter nemlig Norwegian Apple Cake og oppskriften har jeg tatt fra en eldre engelsk kokebok. Hvor norsk kaken er vet jeg ikke, jeg har ihvertfall aldrig blitt servert noe lignende i Norge...
Our warm summerdays are gone and for three mornings in a row we have woken up to frost on the ground. So unfortunately my zucchinis, french beans and some annuals, like morning glory, have got serious frostbites. But I have still been able to pick some flowers from the garden, this time in more autumnlike colours.
In a previous post I showed a piece of the applecake I had made out of the first apples of the season. I have been asked to share the recipe here in my blog. The cake is called Norwegian Apple Cake and the recipe is from an old english cookbook. Curiously enough I have never seen or tasted this cake here in Norway, so where the name comes from is anybody´s guess...
NORWEGIAN APPLE CAKE
2 eggs
225 g sugar
100 g butter
1,5 dl creamy milk
175 g plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3-4 apples
Whisk the eggs and 200g of the sugar until the mixture is thick and creamy. Put the butter and milk into a pan. Bring to the boil and stir, still boiling, into the eggs and sugar. Sieve in the flour and baking powder and fold carefully into the batter so that there are no lumps of flour. Pour the mixture into the roasting tin. Peel, core and slice the apples; arrange them over the batter. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar. (I have also sprinkled ground cinnamon with the sugar). Bake in 200 degrees C for 20-25 minutes until well risen and golden brown.