Apple Coffee Cake With Mad Jack Glaze

Ingredients: for the Cake

  • 2.5 cups APF
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Ground Ginger
  • ½ Fresh Ground Nutmeg
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • 3 eggs room temp
  • ¼ cup buttermilk
  • ¾ cup Mad Jack
  • 2 cups shredded apple
  • 2 tbsp. Espresso powder

Method: for the cake

  • Measure the flour, baking powder, soda, ginger, nutmeg and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
  • Meanwhile measure the butter and sugar into a mixer with a whip attachment and cream both together on high.
  • Turn down the mixer to low and add the eggs one at a time, add the shredded apples, mad jack and espresso powder.
  • Next add the dry ingredients in three equal parts, allowing the mixture to be fully incorporated into the wet mix each time.
  • Butter and flour a loaf pan and pour in the batter, bake at 325 F for about 40 minutes. Remove and rest for 15 minutes before popping out the loaf from the pan.

For the glaze:

  • ¼ cup Mad Jack
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 tsp lemon juice

Method:

  • Measure all ingredients into a heavy bottom pot, stir over a medium heat until the sugar liquid mix dissolves.
  • Continue to stir and cook on medium low heat for about 7 minutes.
  • Remove, from heat and rest for 10 minutes before glazing the cake

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

A delicious salad dressing you can use for all your greens!

  • 1 cup Molson Apple Cider
  • 1 cup EVOO Extra Virgin olive oil
  • 1 lemon - zested and juiced
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 3 tbsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. fresh picked thyme
  • 3 tbsp. Dijon
  • 2 tsp horseradish
  • 2 splashes of hot sauce
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method

  • In a blender measure all ingredients except the olive oil
  • Blend together on medium
  • Slowly drizzle in all the oil
  • Season to taste.