Apple pie cake

Apple Pie Cake

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

Directions:

For the top:

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.

Note: If the cake’s surface gets too dark while baking, loosely cover it with foil.