Apple Tart With Brandy Sauce: A Dreamy Dessert

This warm apple tart turns a handful of familiar baking ingredients into a soft, golden dessert soaked in a sweet sauce. Tender apples settle into the light batter as it bakes, giving every serving a gentle fruitiness and a comforting homemade texture.

Choose the quick cream sauce for a rich, mellow finish or make the brandy sauce for a warmer, more aromatic dessert. The sauce is poured over the tart while both are hot, allowing it to soak into the crumb instead of sitting only on the surface.

Serve the tart warm on its own, with custard or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It is simple enough for a family dessert and indulgent enough to bring to the table when guests are visiting.

Ingredients

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare an ovenproof baking dish.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture. Mix briefly, adding the milk little by little. Do not overmix.
4. Spoon the batter into the dish, arrange the drained apples on top and bake for 30–40 minutes, until lightly browned and cooked through.
5. For the cream sauce, heat the cream and sugar until the sugar dissolves, then pour it over the warm tart.
6. Alternatively, combine all the brandy sauce ingredients and stir continuously until boiling. Slowly pour the hot sauce over the tart as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Total

1 hour

Serves

8 portions

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You will need Ovenproof baking dish

Ingredients

Apple tart

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup self-raising flour, If using plain flour, increase the baking powder to 1 teaspoon in total.
• 2 ml baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 small tin tart apples, 385 g, unsweetened and drained

Cream sauce

• 1 tin cream
• 1 cup sugar

Brandy sauce (alternative)

• 1½ cups sugar
• ¼ cup brandy, Klipdrift Brandy recommended
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ¾ cup water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease an ovenproof baking dish.

   

2. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale, light and fluffy.

3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix only until partly combined.

5. Add the milk gradually and mix until the batter is smooth. Take care not to overmix.

6. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared dish, then arrange the drained tart apples over the top.

7. Bake for 30–40 minutes, until lightly browned and a skewer inserted into the tart comes out clean.

8. Cream sauce: Gently heat the cream and sugar in a saucepan, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved. Pour the hot sauce over the warm tart.

9. Brandy sauce (alternative): Combine the sugar, brandy, butter, vanilla and water in a saucepan. Stir continuously over medium heat until the mixture reaches boiling point, then slowly pour it over the tart as soon as it comes out of the oven.

10. Allow the sauce to soak in briefly, then serve the tart warm.