This apple cake recipe is an old favorite of mine that's wonderful any time. I made it one morning for guests as a part of a brunch meal, and the smell of the cake wafting through the house drove them crazy! I once made it for some important guests visiting from Mexico, and they didn't stop talking about the cake for months!
I'm not a big baker, so I like cakes that are simple, delicious and present well. I bake this cake in a round silicon tart pan, and for serving I sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. A nice decorative touch would be to cut an apple shape from paper, place it on top of the cake, sprinkle on the powdered sugar and then remove the paper apple to reveal a beautiful apple shape! But with or without powdered sugar, this cake will be one you'll want to bake time and time again.
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 250 sugar (1 3/4 cups)
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 packet baking powder (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 apples, cubed
- 1/2 cup nuts (optional)
Baking Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- cube apples and place in the bottom of pan
- Mix eggs and sugar in a mixer (if possible) for 15 minutes, or however much time you have, and then add oil slowly
- Add rest of ingredients and mix
- Pour batter over apples and bake for roughly 45 minutes, just watch the cake so that it doesn't burn!
- The top should be lightly brown and cracked, and the apples will remain at the bottom of the cake.
Would be delicious with some vanilla ice cream, and/or a nice cup of hot tea. Enjoy!
Note: American recipes generally use a combination of baking soda and baking powder, whereas Israeli cake recipes generally use baking soda only, as in this recipe. I really have no idea why, but the results seem to be similar!
