In the mood to whisk your worries away? Sometimes baking is a great outlet for aggression—so, while you can use your stand mixer for this, think about picking up the bowl, cradling it in your arms, arms, and beating the ingredients into submission.

This recipe was inspired by one called a French Apple Cake, found at Savor The Best.

A slice of custard apple cake with a golden brown crust and fresh-baked apple filling.
Custard Apple Cake Sliced. Photo: Kay Logsdon.

While we adjusted this according to the ingredients we had on hand, the end result looks similar, and we credit them with the idea and recipe testing. While we used Gala apples, any good baking apple can be used.