Marie-Helenes Apple Cake

I've been down on apple recipes lately. I love this here apple cake but the other recipes I've tried lately were just too boring. Then this cake from Dorie Greenspan's newest cookbook came along and turned everything around. Reading over the recipe, I though that this was just too simple to be an amazing dessert. I was very wrong.
The lightly rum flavored batter just barely covers the chopped apples but when it bakes, it fills in and you have a perfect cake where the apples are really outstanding. No cinnamon needed!

I only made a small version of the cake to have as dessert after our dinner of mussels and chorizo last week. It was gone in seconds. In the future, I'll probably double the recipe instead. Thanks for another great pick Dorie and thanks to Marie-Helene for a priceless recipe.