Apple Pie Cake
Cake, Shortcrust Decorations, Filling and Coating — a Dawn Foods recipe in 4 components. Uses Dawn Bakers Select Plain Crème Cake Base 12.5 kg, Dawn Delifruit Daily Apple Filling 2.7 kg and Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg.
- mixing time (cake, slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time (cake, medium speed)
- 3-4 min
- baking temperature (cake)
- 180 °C
- baking time (cake)
- 25-30 min
- chilling time (shortcrust)
- 1 h
- baking temperature (shortcrust)
- 190 °C
- baking time (shortcrust)
- 8-10 min
Ingredients
Cake
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Bakers Select Plain Crème Cake Base 12.5 kg | 1000 g |
| Whole Egg (1) | 350 g |
| Vegetable Oil | 300 g |
| Water | 225 g |
| Ground Cinnamon | 18 g |
| Raisins | 180 g |
Shortcrust Decorations
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Shortcrust Pastry Mix | 500 g |
| Butter (softened) | 200 g |
| Whole Egg (2) | 50 g |
Filling
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Delifruit Daily Apple Filling 2.7 kg | 600 g |
Coating
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg |
Method
- Cake
Add all ingredients (except the raisins) to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater and mix for 1 minute on slow speed, then 3-4 minutes on medium speed.
- Cake
Add the raisins and blend in on slow speed.
- Cake
Deposit 550 g of the batter into each of 3 x 8" round tins / pans.
- Cake
Bake in a deck oven at 180 °C for 25-30 minutes.
- Cake
Allow to cool slightly, remove from the tins / pans and allow to cool thoroughly.
- Shortcrust Decorations
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater and mix on slow speed until a paste has formed.
- Shortcrust Decorations
Ball up the pastry and wrap in cling film or a poly bag. Chill for an hour.
- Shortcrust Decorations
Roll / pin out the paste on a floured surface to 4 mm thick. Cut out shapes of the desired size and place them on a lined baking sheet.
- Shortcrust Decorations
Bake in a deck oven at 190 °C for 8-10 minutes.
Assembly: Fill a piping bag fitted with a 15 mm plain nozzle with Vanilla Frosting. Place one of the cooled cakes onto a cake board and pipe a ring around the outside edge of the cake, then fill with Apple Filling.
Assembly: Place another cake onto the filling and repeat the process. Place the third cake on top and coat the whole cake with a layer of vanilla frosting and make it smooth.
Assembly: Decorate with the cooled shortcrust pastry shapes.
Chef tip: The cake bases can be made without the cinnamon and raisins if desired.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.