Torta di Mele
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 4 large, sweet apples such as Golden Delicious
- Juice and grated zest of 1 lemon
- ¾ cup (5 ounces) granulated sugar
- 3½ ounces butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ cups (10 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- sliced natural or blanched almonds
- granulated sugar, as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan and line it with parchment paper.
- Peel, core and slice the apples thinly. Toss them with the lemon juice and set aside.
- Rub the grated lemon zest into the granulated sugar. Place the sugar in the bowl of a mixer. Add the butter. Beat together until the mixture is fluffy, scraping the bowl as needed.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time. Then stir in the vanilla.
- Fold in the flour and baking powder, alternating with the milk in two additions. Then fold in the apples and any lemon juice in the bottom of the bowl.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Use a spatula to spread it out into an even layer. Run your index finger around the edge of the batter so that it doesn’t stick as the batter rises.
- Scatter sliced almonds and some granulated sugar on top.
- Bake until the cake has risen and is golden brown, for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on a rack.