Apple and walnut yogurt cake, a fragrant and soft pantry dessert, easy and quick to prepare, a rustic cake perfect for breakfast or a snack, also great to enjoy at the end of a meal accompanied by a good coffee. Preparing a great apple cake is a piece of cake, obviously if you have the right recipe, I often make them because with the arrival of autumn the call of a freshly baked apple cake is too strong, you have probably already seen my delicious invisible apple cake, with lots of apples and little batter, light and creamy, or the nua apple cake, the only one you bake already filled with custard. I usually make great apple yogurt cakes, and this time yogurt is the star again, as I used Greek yogurt. To enrich the flavor and make the apple cake even more the quintessential autumn dessert, I added walnuts to the batter, and what can I say, absolute goodness, I love walnuts and using them to make desserts makes me happy, just like when I made the soft walnut cookies, or the walnut cream tart. The apple and walnut cake is delicious right out of the oven, to be enjoyed while still warm, but it gives its best after a bit of resting, as over time the aromas of the ingredients used come out, making it a deliciously moist cake as I like it, thanks to the presence of many sliced golden apples in the batter.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8-12
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients for Apple and Walnut Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsps brown sugar
- 2/3 cup Greek yogurt
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 3 golden apples (about 1.4 lbs to clean)
- 1 lemon
- 1/3 cup sunflower seed oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup walnuts
Tools to Make Apple and Walnut Yogurt Cake
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Electric Whisk
- 1 Chopper
- 1 Ladle
- 1 Mold
- 1 Peeler
- 1 Small Bowl
- 1 Knife
Steps to Prepare Apple and Walnut Cake
1. We start by finely chopping the walnuts in a chopper; I always use my Moulinex chopper. If you want to add a bit of crunch to the dessert, leave some pieces. I also left some for decorating the surface.
2. We prepare the apples by peeling, cleaning, and slicing them thinly in a bowl. Season with lemon juice.
3. Butter and flour a 9-10 inch mold for 8 people. If you want a 6-8 inch cake for 2, 4 people, halve the ingredients.
4. In a large bowl, work the eggs with the sugar using the electric whisk; I always use the Moulinex electric whisks, until you get a fluffy foam.
5. Add the Greek yogurt and mix again, and gradually pour the oil while continuing to whisk.
6. Finally, add the sifted flours, and incorporate with a spatula, also add the walnuts and baking powder and mix with a spatula.
1. Chopped walnuts
2. Sliced apples with lemon juice
3. Apple and walnut cake batter in pan
7. Finally, add the water and mix to get a softer mixture.
8. Add 2/3 of the apples to the batter, mix and pour into the pan.
9. To the remaining apples, add cinnamon and brown sugar, leaving some aside to sprinkle, and mix.
10. Decorate the top of the cake with apple slices and a few walnuts, sprinkle the apple slices with a little sugar.
1. Sliced apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, and brown sugar
2. Apple and walnut cake ready to bake
11. Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for about 45 minutes or until well cooked. Indeed, doing the toothpick test, it should come out dry.
12. Arrange on a serving plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
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Also try my delicious walnut cake
The apple and walnut Greek yogurt cake keeps for about 3 days in the pantry, without needing to be refrigerated.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
Can the oil be replaced with butter?
Yes, you can use about 20% more butter than oil, reaching about 100 g of butter.
Can a smaller cake be made?
Yes, you can halve the ingredients to make a cake about 8 inches in diameter.
