Italian Apple Cake Recipes

EASY ITALIAN APPLE CAKE | TORTA DI MELE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 ° C (350 F) and prepare a 22 cm springform pan covered with parchment paper, wet and squeezed. Then wash and peel the apples.
• Cut some apples (about half of them) into small pieces and some into thin slices. Squeeze the lemon juice on both to flavour and keep them from blackening. Set the apples aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar for 5 minutes, until very frothy and well whipped (you can also use an electric mixer). Then add the melted butter and lemon zest.
• Add the flour, baking powder and milk. Mix and combine the ingredients very well. Finally add the chopped apples (but keep the slices aside) to the mixture and mix well by hand with a wooden spoon.
• Pour the mixture into the springform pan and then cover it completely with the apple slices arranged in a radial pattern.
• Before baking, sprinkle the surface of the cake with brown sugar, which during cooking will form a crunchy and delicious crust.
• Bake at 180° C (350 F) for about 50 minutes. The apple cake will be ready when the apple slices are toasted and golden. Let the cake cool before serving.

TORTA DI MELE (ITALIAN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a pie plate and dust with bread crumbs
• Combine melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla bean seeds in a bowl. Add eggs and stir to combine. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and add to butter mixture. Add milk if batter is too thick
• Pour batter into the prepared pie plate. Distribute apple slices in a thick layer on top of the batter. Dot with cubed butter and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

EASIEST EVER MOIST APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (all oven types).
• Grease and line a 21 cm / 9" springform cake pan. (Note 4)
• Place flour, baking soda, salt and spices in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
• Whisk oil and sugar in a bowl, then whisk in eggs and vanilla.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix with a wooden spoon until JUST combined. Stir through apple (optional: add 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or other nuts).
• Pour into cake pan. Sprinkle over almonds.
• Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hr. Check at 50 minutes - it is cooked when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar if using, then serve. This cake doesn't need cream or ice cream because it is so moist, but I wouldn't turn it down!

ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375F, and line a 10-inch springform pan with parchment paper.
• Peel and slice the apples, and toss them with the lemon juice to prevent browning. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the melted butter and sugar until creamy and light. Mix in the eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla, and beat until well-incorporated.
• Finally, stir in the baking powder and flour. Stir in the apple slices, and pour the batter into the prepared pan. There will be almost too many apples for the cake batter, this is normal!
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar!

ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a standard bundt cake pan with melted butter or cooking spray; set aside.
• Peel and core all three apples. Dice two of the apples into about half inch cubes. Grate one of the apples on a box grater using the larger holes. Place the apples in a medium bowl and toss with two tablespoons of lemon juice and one teaspoon of lemon zest; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the eggs and sugar. Use a handheld mixer to beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. The mixture should be pale in color. Add in the milk, olive oil, and vanilla, and mix until combined. Add in the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
• Fold the apples into the batter and mix until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the cake with two tablespoons of sugar.
• Bake on the center rack of the oven for about 40-50 minutes. You'll know the cake is done when it starts to pull away from its sides. Also, a toothpick inserted in the cake will come out mostly clean, except for some crumbs. Let the cake cool on a baking rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Once the cake is completely cooled, dust the top with powdered sugar.

TORTA DI MELE - ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/360F and adjust a baking rack onto the middle shelf. Grease and dust with flour (or line with parchment paper) a 9-inch cake pan and set it aside.
• In a large bowl, place the eggs and the sugar. Beat the mixture with an electric whisker until light and pale, then gently whisk in the olive oil, followed by the vanilla, and mix until all the ingredients are combined.
• Slowly incorporate the flour into the batter, mixing until just combined. Sprinkle the baking powder and a pinch on salt over the batter and mix until just combined (do not overmix).
• Fold into the batter 1-1/2 apples cut into tiny chunks, and lemon zest, and mix until just combined.
• Pour the apple cake batter into the prepared baking pan. Top the batter with the remaining 1-1/2 apples cut into thin slices, and bake in the oven for approximately 30-40 minutes. To check if the cake is ready, insert a toothpick in the middle, if it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool and gently remove the apple cake from the pan.
• Dust the cake all over with confectioner sugar and serve at room temperature.

APPLE CAKE (VERY MOIST, MADE WITH YOGURT

Steps:

• Prepare an 8″ springform pan by spraying with oil (or butter) and lining in parchment paper (sides optional, if you want really clean sides), then spray the paper, too.
• In a food processor, or blender, process the apple pieces and lemon juice until it is almost pureed.
• Place the sugar and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy. Sift the flour with the baking powder then add to the mixture in the bowl a little at a time along with the softened butter. Continue to mix until completely blended, then stir in the yogurt.
• Add the processed apples and grated lemon rind to the cake batter and stir until evenly combined.
• Pour into prepared cake tin.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes (depending on your oven), but test with a cake tester or skewer to make sure the apple cake is done before removing from the oven. If desired, sprinkle lightly with some granulated sugar immediately. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes, then remove the side of the springform pan.
• Let cool completely before cutting and serving.
• The cake can stand on its own, but you can also serve it with a fruit sauce, dollop of whipped cream, custard or vanilla ice cream. I prefer it plain with a cup of tea!

ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 180C (350F).
• Grease and lightly flour a 23cm (9 inch) round cake tin.
• You'll also need three mixing bowls- small, medium and large- for this recipe.
• DO NOT PEEL the apples.
• Cut into chunks about 1/2" square- discarding the core.
• Place apple chunks into the first (medium) mixing bowl.
• Toss apple in lemon juice to avoid discoloration, then drain off and discard excess juice.
• Add raisins and coconut to the apples.
• Tip walnuts onto cutting board and sprinkle over 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Chop nuts roughly with the sugar, then add nuts and'nut flavoured' sugar to the apple mixture.
• Mix well.
• In the second (large) mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In the third (small) bowl, combine eggs and sugar and beat until light and lemon colored.
• Still beating, add the melted butter and the liqueur (or essence).
• Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and add the egg mixture.
• Stir until well combined.
• Tip in the apple mixture and mix well.
• At this stage it may seem you have too much apple and not enough batter- don't worry!
• Turn the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
• Bake on the centre shelf of the oven at 180C (350F) for about 45-50 minutes or until the top of the cake has turned a nice golden brown.
• (Test with a skewer if unsure.) Remove cake from oven, turn onto a rack to cool.
• Sprinkle with icing (confectioner's) sugar to serve.
• Serve with thick cream.

ITALIAN APPLE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the chopped apples in a bowl and add orange juice; just enough juice to toss and coat apples so as to prevent browning.
• In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside for now
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk, add sugar and extra virgin olive oil. Mix on low for 2 minutes until well-combined
• While mixer is on, add the eggs, one at a time, and continue to mix another 2 minutes until mixture increases in volume (it should be thicker but still runny)
• In the large bowl with the dry ingredients, make a well in the middle of the flour mixture. Add the wet mixture (the sugar and olive oil mixture) into the well. Using a wooden spoon, stir until just blended; it will be a thick batter (do not add anything to loosen it).
• Drain raisins (which have been soaking in water) completely; and rid apples of excess juice. Add both raisins and apples to the batter and mix with spoon until well-combined. Again, batter will be fairly thick.
• Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper. Spoon thick batter into the pan, and level the top with the back of your wooden spoon.
• Bake in 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until an inserted tooth pick or wooden skewer comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan. When ready, simply lift parchment up to transfer cake into a serving dish. Dust with confectioner's sugar. Alternatively, heat some dark honey to serve on top (those with a sweeter tooth like this option.)

TORTA DI MELE (ITALIAN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch glass baking pan.
• Mix together the apples, granulated sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• For the cake, combine the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Using a hand-held mixer, beat on medium high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully combined, then add the all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and yogurt. Beat on low speed until a few streaks remain, then fold together with a rubber spatula until fully combined. (Do not overmix.)
• Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with half of the apple mixture. Spread the batter over the top of the apples. Top the batter with the remaining apples, making decorative rows across the cake. Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow the cake to cool slightly before dusting with powdered sugar and serving.

ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C), grease and flour a nine inch (23 cm) bundt pan (a cake pan would work too).
• In a medium bowl add the chopped apples and sprinkle with the lemon juice.
• In a large bowl beat the eggs and sugar until creamy and light approximately 3-4 minutes. Then add the yogurt and oil, sift the flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda, salt and zest into the bowl add the zest then beat until combined.
• Fold in the apples, spoon into the prepared cake pan, sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of granulated sugar and bake for approximately 35-40 minutes (check for doneness with a toothpick). Let cool completely before removing from pan. Dust with powdered sugar if desired. Enjoy!

ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 inch square metal pan with foil and butter and flour the foil or spray it with baking spray. Beat the eggs and Brown Sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the extract and sour cream. Stir in the lemon zest. Sift the flour, baking powder, Sale di Cervia Sea Salt and cinnamon together into another bowl or onto a piece of foil. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Stir the sliced apples in last. Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven. If using jelly, brush it over top. Let the cake cool to warm and remove the cake from the pan by lifting the foil.