A simple yet delicious dessert, the classic cake par excellence: the apple mountain cake. A dessert that brings back memories of happiness, even from our childhood. Butter-free, tall, soft, and fragrant, you can’t help but try it! You will fall in love with it!
I thank the master pastry chef Simone Esposito for the recipe.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 10People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter and Spring
- Energy 341.37 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 60.14 (g) of which sugars 29.84 (g)
- Proteins 6.07 (g)
- Fat 9.96 (g) of which saturated 1.89 (g)of which unsaturated 7.61 (g)
- Fibers 2.62 (g)
- Sodium 29.70 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 130 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
APPLE MOUNTAIN CAKE INGREDIENTS
- 3 cups apples (pureed or grated)
- to taste ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup potato starch
- 1 packet baking powder
- 3 apples
- to taste ground cinnamon
- to taste brown sugar
Tools
- 1 Cake Pan
- 1 Hand Mixer
APPLE MOUNTAIN CAKE PREPARATION
Grate or blend cleaned and peeled apples until you get 3 cups of puree.
In a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until you get a fluffy and frothy mixture.
At this point, add the oil gradually, the apple puree, and the ground cinnamon.
Finally, add the sieved flours and the baking powder. Mix everything with the electric mixer for another 5 minutes.
Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan. Pour in the entire mixture, level it well, and add the peeled apple slices on top.
Create a swirl decoration. Sprinkle with brown sugar and another pinch of cinnamon. Now in a pre-heated oven at 338°F for about 45/50 minutes in the center of the oven.
As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, brush it with a mix of water (1/3 cup) and sugar (2 tsp). This will make it shiny, soft, and even more delicious.
Adriana’s Tip
On top, you can also use powdered sugar, instead of brown sugar. This will make the cake lighter and not too amber.
