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Apple Cake

Servings: 6-8
Comments:
A lovely and light apple cake to serve during the fall and winter months, or serve this tasty cake to guests at an afternoon tea.

This cake also makes a very approcpriate dessert to "break the fast" with after the Jewish High Holy Day of Yom Kippur.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3 cup whole milk
4 baking apples (about 2 pounds total), cored, peeled, and cut into thin wedges

Topping:
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 C). Butter a 9-inch springform pan and set it aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and sea salt, and stir to blend. Add the vanilla extract, eggs, oil, and milk, and stir until well blended. Add the apples and stir to thoroughly coat them with the batter. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake pan.

Place the pan in the center of the oven and bake until fairly firm and golden, about 25 minutes.

Prepare the Topping:
In a small bowl, combine the sugar, egg, and melted butter, and stir to blend. Set it aside.

Remove the cake from the oven and pour the topping mixture over it. Return the cake to the oven and bake until the top is a deep golden brown and the cake feels quite firm when pressed with a fingertip, about 10 minutes.

Transfer the cake pan to a rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Then run a knife around the sides of the pan, and release and remove the springform side, leaving the cake on the pan base. Serve at room temperature, cut into thin wedges.

Makes 6-8 servings.

Photograph taken by Diana Baker Woodall© 2002

Source: DianasDesserts.com
Date: January 22, 2002