Italian Food Recipes

Apple Cake - Torta di Mele

A traditional Italian apple cake with a soft, moist texture.

  • - Icing Sugar to decorate
  • - 2 tbsp Amaretto
  • - 115g Butter
  • - 150g Sugar
  • - 2 Large Eggs
  • - ½ sachet of Baking Powder with Vanillin
  • - 195g Flour
  • - Juice of half a lemon
  • - 2-3 Golden Delicious Apples
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Melt the butter and leave to cool.

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a cake tin of around 10 inches diameter.

Peel and core the apples, cutting them into small cubes. Place them in a bowl and pour the lemon juice over them, tossing to coat evenly.

In another bowl combine the flour, baking powder with vanillin and even a little cinnamon if desired.

Mix together the eggs and the sugar using an electric mixer. Add the melted butter which has been left to cool and the Amaretto if you are using it.

Add the flour mixture, being careful not to stir too much.

Finally, carefully stir in the apple pieces.

Pour the mixture into the greased cake tin and put in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or until the cake is nice and golden.

Allow to cool and sprinkle with some icing sugar before serving.