Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake) recipe

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Ingredients

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 calories
carbohydrate: 51.1 g
cholesterol: 86.8 mg
fat: 18.8 g
fiber: 3.3 g
protein: 4 g
saturatedFat: 11.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 112.5 mg
sugar: 32.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a pie plate and dust with bread crumbs

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This Italian apple cake recipe is from my mom and reminds me of my childhood. It tastes delicious, and I bake it for my family now.

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