Apple pie cake
Description
A cross between an apple pie and a cake. This is a perfect choice for me, since I love both apple cakes and pies, and I could not decide which one I wanted. I ended up with this gorgeous delicious apple pie cake. Serve it with a scoop of ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
Ingredients
For the cake batter:
- 2 cups flour
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 green apples peeled, cored, and cubed
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
For the top:
- 2 large green apples peeled, cored, and cubed
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ½ cup raisins
- ⅓ cup pine nuts
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon butter softened
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon flour
Instructions
- Add the diced apples, sugar, cinnamon powder, raisins, lemon juice, pine nuts, flour, and butter in a bowl. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime prepare the cake batter:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
- Prepare a 30cm/12 inch round deep spring form pan. Cover the bottom and edges with a heavy duty foil, then grease and flour both bottom and edges as well.
- In a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk together the oil and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, and whisk to incorporate. Add the vanilla and chopped apples.
- Gently fold in the flour mixture incorporating the batter.
- Spoon the batter into the spring form pan, filling 2/3 of it (the cake will rise while baking)
- Spread the topping ingredients on top of the cake batter, evenly covering it.
- Bake in an oven for 50-55 minutes, or until you insert a toothpick in the center of the cake and it comes out clean and the top turns golden in color.
Notes
If the cake's surface gets too dark while baking, loosely cover it with foil.
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