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Torta di mele
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Non vegEggItaly

Torta di mele

Soft, lemony cake with apples fanned on top. The Italian nonna cake of every autumn.

75 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
Nonna's apple cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
353kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
75minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Apple4 medium
Lemon1, zest and juice
Egg3
Sugar¾ cup plus 2 tbsp, divided
Butter7 tbsp, melted
Milk⅓ cup plus 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¾ cups
Baking powder2½ tsp
Salta pinch

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Heat the oven to 180 C and line a 24 cm tin. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples, tossing them with the lemon juice.
  2. 2Whisk the eggs and 160 g sugar for 5 minutes until pale. Whisk in the melted butter, milk, vanilla and zest.
  3. 3Fold in the maida, baking powder and salt, then two thirds of the apples.
  4. 4Pour into the tin, fan the remaining slices on top and sprinkle with the remaining sugar.
  5. 5Bake 45 to 50 minutes and cool 20 minutes before slicing.
Serve it like this

Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with a dusting of sugar and a spoon of cream or curd.

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A little snack Sfincione60 min
To drink Cappuccino5 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
Something sweet No churn vanilla ice cream25 min
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