GRANDMA ELENA’S APPLE CAKE, a simple and quick dessert prepared by hand with a spoon, soft as ever.
Ah yes, grandma’s desserts are always the best, those made with love and passed down from generation to generation like this Grandma Elena’s apple cake.
The recipe is very simple, it’s a cake made without any electric mixer, by hand with a spoon, full of fruit, this Grandma Elena’s apple cake has a very soft dough.
It was my father’s favorite dessert, he only liked the one made by grandma, his mother-in-law, rightly so, it’s really very good, try it and you’ll see.
Follow me in the kitchen today, there’s Grandma Elena’s apple cake!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 6-8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 4 tablespoons Sugar
- 1 kg Apples (Delicious)
- 1 1/4 cup Sunflower Seed Oil
- Lemon Juice
- 1 cup Milk
- Baking Powder
- 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Liquor
Preparation
Peel and slice the apples, not too thick, and place them in a bowl.
Drizzle them with lemon juice and sprinkle with sugar.
Beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl with a spoon or hand whisk.
Mix well to dissolve the sugar then add the lemon zest, oil, milk, and liquor as desired.
Add the flour and mix well.
Let everything blend and finally add the apples, including any juice that may have formed during rest.
Butter and flour a 9-inch round pan and pour everything in.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 1 hour, always perform the toothpick test before removing from the oven.
Bon appétit
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