Calvados apple cake (8 servings)

What you will need:

6 Gala apples

5.2 oz (150 g) of butter

4.9 oz (140 g) flour

4 eggs

3 oz (90 ml) of crème fraiche

7.4 oz (210 g) of sugar and 2 tablespoons

a little salt

6 tablespoons of calvados

2.5 tablespoons of water

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

1.4 oz (40 g) of raisins

A springform mold (9.5 inches/24 cm)

How to make it:

1. Preheat the oven to 356F (180C).
2. Skin the apples and cut them in 4.
3. Warm up 3.1 oz (90 g) of butter and add apples, 2 tablespoons of sugar and the cinnamon.  Leave till lightly brown.
4. Take your eggs and beat with 5.9 oz (170 g) of sugar.
5. Add the salt and the crème fraiche plus 2.1 oz (60gr) of melted butter and liquid left over from the buttered apples.
6. Add the raisins.
7. Prepare your mold.  Butter it or use back in paper.
8. Lay our apples and pour batter over it.

1. Cook for about 40 minutes.
2. When done, wait a little and remove from mold.
3. Take a small pan and mix water with 1.4 oz (40 g) of sugar. Boil it and then add calvados outside of fire.  Spread on cake. Serve lukewarm.

• Apple cake
• calvados
• crème fraiche
• raisins