It’s a lovely day to bake an apple cake. It’s snowing. Don’t want to go anywhere. Might as well fill the home with the fragrance of apples and cinnamon -- it’ll tickle everyone’s fancy.
This recipe is brought to you by Kurt’s Gramma Audrey. It’s easy, pretty fool-proof, and has an old-fashioned flavor and texture -- light, crisp & meringue-like on the outside, densely moist & studded with apples on the inside.
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Nothing says simplistic elegance like an Apple Tarte Tatin (tahr-tah-TAN). It may look complicated, but it’s unbelievably simple.
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Recipe Testing Day is a beautiful thing – researching recipes, experimenting with different ratios of essentially the same ingredients, comparing results side by side, using someone else’s kitchen, (better still, having someone else do the dishes), and inviting every curious nose poked through the door to come in and have a taste.
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