Irish Apple Cake with Whiskey Hard Sauce
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this authentic Irish Apple Cake! Hearty, moist, and full of sweet apples, served with a creamy whiskey hard sauce.
This is a sponsored post, written by me and created in partnership with Stemilt. All opinions expressed herein are straight from my heart.
I’m so excited March is finally here, because that means I can finally start sharing St. Patrick’s day recipes! And I really think you’re going to love this authentic Irish apple cake. It’s such a great way to celebrate the holiday!
But truly, this is the kind of cake you could enjoy just about any time of year. It’s moist, hearty, and just bursting with tart, juicy Stemilt apples. The more apples the better, in my opinion!
This Irish apple cake packs in FOUR Granny Smiths, and the almost bread-y texture of the cake is a perfect foil. It really stands up to all that fruit.
There’s just a hint of warm spice in this recipe. Just enough to bring out the best in the fruit. This cake is really meant to be all about the apples, and boy is it! They really shine in this authentic Irish dessert.
Before it goes into the oven, the top of the cake gets a generous sprinkling of granulated sugar, for crunch and a beautiful sparkling crust. It’s fantastic!
Serve yourself a slice, over a pool of creamy whiskey hard sauce. The caramel notes in the whiskey compliment the apples in the most delicious way!
Hungry for more great apple recipes? Be sure to follow my “Apples & Pears” Pinterest board!
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Irish Apple Cake with Whiskey Hard Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (312.5 g) cake flour
- 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) ground cloves
- 1/4 teasppon (0.25 teasppon) ground nutmeg, (a few scratches of freshly grated nutmeg)
- 3/4 cup (170.25 g) unsalted butter, , softened
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup (180 g) buttermilk*
- 4 Stemilt Granny Smith apples,, peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, for garnish
Instructions
- Please visit Stemilt’s blog, The Stem, for more info and the full recipe with directions.
Where’s the sauce recipie?
Please click the link given in the recipe directions.
I adore hardsauce. What a great way to serve this cake!
Mmmm! This cake is perfect!
I love apple cakes and this one looks fabulous, I will have to try it even though St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone. However, you answered a question about the cake pan on Stemilt by saying there’s a link to the pan you use here on this page, but I can’t find any such link. I have the same question.
Hey Millie! The link is below the recipe card. Scroll all the way to the bottom and just past the Pinterest board. It says “My Amazon Picks,” and there are four pics of tools/ingredients I used to make the recipe. Just click those affiliate links and you can purchase from there. Hope that’s helpful!
Went to the link and the cake is no longer on the apple suppliers website, bummer
Aly I’m stumped! I just clicked through and the recipe is there- did you scroll down all the way? Because there is a large graphic at the top of the page so you might not see it immediately.
Allie this is absolutely gorgeous! Looks like we’re on the same page this week 🙂 Pinning!
Love that! So happy you like this Tricia- thanks so much for pinning!
Love this cake! And the sauce … hm would love a slice with my afternoon tea! 🙂 Beautiful photos as always 🙂
Thank you so much Julia!