APPLE CAKE...it's like APPLE PIE but it's a CAKE 

Hi Stephen! I'm a supporter and also purchased your Holiday Plan of Attack 2020 this year. However, I can't find this recipe and I REALLY want to make this cake. HELP!

You sound like a gay

@@beetlejews the fuck?

Exactly

Totally right. It's like bechamel, you have to slowly add the liquid !

I have always do ne it with a couple teaspoons of water in, never had crystallisation issue. I think the problem is the pan not being completely clean in the video. That can be nucleation site for crystal formation.

Yes that's exactly what I do. I don't even use water actually. I just pour sugar into a pan, let it melt, let it just start to brown - then turn off the heat and quickly whisk in butter and cream. The cream will seize it a bit - that's fine, just keep whisking and turn the heat back on low if necessary.

I actually think it's really important to show it. If you're saying "this is the method" and then you do 5 takes/tweaks to produce the ultimate footage that shows "the correct result from the method" - then it might make great food-porn content, but everybody who tries to actually make it is 80% screwed. Stuff goes sideways in cooking, and half the fun is finding trying alternate methods (I see a few people have strong caramel tips) - or just 'you might want to buy this bit, it makes no difference'

Ikr it’s gorgeous 😁

Also entirely anecdotally, it can be done way faster (from a sample size of me) - and a method I can't recall who to attribute to. I just chuck white sugar into a pan and leave it on low heat - no stirring. It'll start to melt from the edge, then start to go golden from the edge. Once that hits the middle, take it off the heat and chuck in the butter and once that's in stir in the cream. I'm cooking the sugar, butter tastes good and cold butter stops it cooking further, cream is there for 'creaminess' - but as it's mainly water you add to get the consistency you want. Now that's not to say I haven't added enough, and ended up with a solid brick in my pan (holding my spatula). Accidental toffee.

@@goldcd ooooh I'm tempted to try that, although I have my reservations in my ability to man the pot so it doesn't become too hard... thanks!

Oh I was also planning to substitute 1/2 cup apple sauce for 1/2 cup of the oil. Hope it works! Update: Yes, it worked fine. Saves about a 1/2 cup of oil calories too. Delicious cake, everyone loved it!

Oh I like the idea of grated apples!

Thanks! I’ve been thinking the same for a while but hadn’t mentioned it and glad to see someone else take the initiative

Somewhat tart.

It's from the Waltz of the Flowers, The Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M8J8urC_8Jw.html

I do that all the time in other recipes. The oil isn't adding flavor, just adding fat. So any neutral tasting oil should work here (not olive oil). Just my experience!

Thank you I was also wondering about this. I'll give this cake a try.

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@simioni he wants you to pay for the plan of attack for the recipe, but he literally tells you the amounts in the video so you can just write it all down

I got confused because for a while the link page just said "page not found". It's correctly linking to the holiday plan now.