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A Scone dough can be used to make a verydelicious Apple Scone Cake. This cake has two layers of buttery scone dough and inbetween is crunchy pecans and chunks of apple all covered in acinnamon sugar. While it may be called a 'cake'; everything about it makes you think it's a pie. That is, it looks like a pie, has a top and bottom crust like a pie, has a filling like apie, and is baked in a pie pan. This cake is delicious warm from the oven, at room temperature, or even cold. Serve it with adollop of whipped cream, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or a spoonful of Devoncream. Since we are using a scone dough to make this Apple Scone Cake, remember that as with all scone recipes, try to handle the dough as little as possible.You may find that the dough tears as you place it in the pie plate. Don't worry if this happens. This is supposed to be a rustic looking cake so all you need to do is patch it together as best as you can. Once the cake is assembled, brush the top crust with a little cream and sprinkle with sugar. As this Apple Scone Cake bakes the crust will brown slightly and become wonderfully crisp yet the interior will be light and fluffy with a rich buttery flavor. For this recipe you can use any firm textured apple that will keep its shape when baked. Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Rome, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn are some good year round favorites. But during the Fall try to use locally grown apples as they have superior flavor and texture, and there is the added bonus of supporting your local farmers. Also, what I often like to do is to mix two different varieties of apples which gives the cake a wonderfully complex flavor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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