Apple Frangipane. This is a really nice coffee time cake to make. Goes great with a nice cup of tea! Or as a dessert, warm or cold with a squirt of whipped cream or like me, a blob of vanilla ice cream!

Apple Frangipane! This is a wonderful recipe with a moist almond cake-like filling and delicious crisp apple slices on the top, all baked in a lovely crisp pastry case.

Some people will call this a flan, or a tart, or even a pie, depending upon where in the world you live. Whichever term you choose, it's still going to be delicious!

We all like to eat a moist cake! This is actually a tart, which originated in France. In the United Kingdom, you could liken this apple frangipane recipe to a Bakewell Tart. It's very similar indeed. 

There are variations to frangipane, for example, in Belgium, it is called an Almond pastry tart, usually with a striped pattern on top made up of icing. Some recipes fill the flan case with almond and then put say a 1 cm layer of chocolate over the top.

The apple frangipane recipe I am showing you today is using a wonderful flavor of apple, and the flavor of the sweet almond, combined with the apple is a delicious taste.

The bite of the crispy pastry, against the soft, moist almond filling, is also a lovely texture sensation.

You can make little flans, but make sure you adjust the cooking times. So go on, give it a go! Try out a recipe similar to what our ancient ancestors were crazy about!

So let's get straight to the recipe and see how we make this delicious apple frangipane. Please enjoy!

Instructions

First things first! Get all your ingredients ready. I like to weigh out and put everything in order of adding into the recipe. If it's all ready, you will whizz through the recipe and NOT forget anything!

Make The Pastry

1.*** If you are using a shop bought pastry case, skip to the FILLING instructions.   Put the oven on to 190 C, 375 F, Gas 5

2. Make your shortcrust pastry. Click here for instructions.

3. Grease your flan dish & make sure you grease up the sides too.

4. Place your rolled out pastry into your chosen dish.

Make sure you gently push the sides around the dish and trim any excess pastry.

5. If you see any cracks or missing bits of pastry, use the excess from your trimming to patch these areas.

6. Now you will need to prepare the flan case to take the wet filling. You need to first 'Bake blind' the pastry. You need to bake blind for 20 minutes in the oven.

7. Place in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes (for a 23 cm, 9 inch dish). If using smaller cases, reduce the cooking time.

8. When ready, the flan case should look like the photo below. Say about 70% cooked, and ready for the filling.

9. Once you have baked blind your pastry, you need to get all your filling ingredients ready if you haven't done so already.

Make The Filling

10. Peel and slice the apples then add to a bowl and squeeze the lemon juice over the apple slices. Give the bowl a toss to make sure the juice is coating the apples. You can also sprinkle the cinnamon over the apples at this point if using.

11. Cream the butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy. Slowly add the beaten eggs. If the mixture looks like it is starting to split, add a tablespoon of your ground almonds.

12. Add almonds and flour. Add the milk, and gently (low setting on your mixture) combine.

13. Spread HALF of the warmed jam onto the base of your pastry. (note, the photo below shows a lemon one I made, using lemon curd)  Add the cake mixture to the flan case.

14. Arrange the apple slices on the top of the almond cake batter and then very carefully, brush the top with the remaining warmed jam.

15. Bake in the oven for  35 - 40 minutes. Test with a metal skewer. Stick it in the center, if it comes out clean your frangipane is ready!

TIP: If you notice the apples are getting too brown on the top whilst baking, pop a piece of foil over the top to avoid burning until the cake is cooked through.

14. Leave to cool then turn out onto a dish.

15 Make yourself a lovely cup of tea and enjoy a slice of your apple frangipane.

We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our apple frangipane recipe.  Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!

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