Today I’m talking about Grandma Pia’s apple cake which like all grandmothers, had her own apple cake!

But not just any cake, like the others, but a dessert with a layer of batter, diced apples and cocoa and another layer; fragrant and delicious.

Grandma Pia was my brother-in-law’s mother and was very good at cooking traditional dishes and cakes, like this one with apples that she often made for my son Marco when he was a child.

A simple, genuine homemade cake but at the same time rich in flavor.

The recipe as it was passed down to us, was written in my famous dessert notebook where I used to jot down all the recipes and photos of desserts I wanted to make or made .. a notebook I still cherish and refer to, although it has now been replaced by the blog.

Would you like to make it? Slice the apples and turn on the oven so we can make Grandma Pia’s apple cake together.

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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 8/10
Cooking methods: Oven, Electric Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter

315.86 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 315.86 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 37.61 (g) of which sugars 15.04 (g)
Proteins 6.63 (g)
Fat 16.25 (g) of which saturated 10.02 (g)of which unsaturated 5.65 (g)
Fibers 3.82 (g)
Sodium 15.52 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 70 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

Ingredients

7 tbsp butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
7/8 cup milk
2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
9 oz dark chocolate
2 apples
powdered sugar (a sprinkle)
unsweetened cocoa powder (a sprinkle)
1 tbsp baking powder
raisins

Tools

Electric Hand Mixer
1 Cake Pan 9 inch

Steps

If you decide to use raisins, soak them in a little water with a drop of dessert rum; then when ready to use, drain and pat dry.

– Put the soft butter and sugar in a bowl; mash with a fork and then add the eggs, mix with the beaters and then pour in the milk while the beaters are moving.
– Pour in the previously sifted flour and (if you deem it necessary, mix with a spatula to avoid flour spreading) mix, then add the baking powder sifting it directly into the bowl and a pinch of cinnamon.
– Preheat the oven to 350°F
– Pour about half of the batter into the greased and floured cake pan and distribute diced apples on top, (raisins if used) the chopped dark chocolate, a sprinkle of cocoa, and sifted powdered sugar directly over the chocolate.
– Cover everything with the remaining batter and smooth the surface.
– Bake for about 35 minutes, always doing the toothpick test. Remove from the oven and after about 15/20 minutes, remove the cake from the mold and let it cool completely on a rack.