Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake) recipe
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- 2 tablespoons unseasoned bread crumbs, or as needed ½ cup unsalted butter, melted ½ cup white sugar 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped 2 eggs 1 ⅛ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 pinch salt 1 tablespoon milk, or as needed 2 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin ¼ cup unsalted butter, cubed ¼ cup white sugar
Nutrition Info
- 378.6 caloriescarbohydrate: 51.1 gcholesterol: 86.8 mgfat: 18.8 gfiber: 3.3 gprotein: 4 gsaturatedFat: 11.4 gservingSize: -sodium: 112.5 mgsugar: 32.6 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)
Directions
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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.