Italian Apple Cake is delicious with olive oil and lemon. Shredded and chopped apple enhances apple flavor and moistens the cake.
– 3 medium apple – 1 lemon (zested and juiced) – 3 large egg – 1 cup sugar – 1 cup milk (2% or whole) – ⅔ cup olive oil – 2 teaspoons vanilla – 3 cups flour (455 grams) – 1 tablespoon baking powder – ½ teaspoon salt – 2 tablespoons sugar (for sprinkling) – powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Warm the oven up to 350 degrees. Melt some butter or use cooking spray to grease a standard bundt cake pan. Set it aside.
Three cored, peeled apples. Two apple half-inch slices. Grind an apple with a larger-holed box grater. Mix apples, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon lemon zest in a medium bowl. Save.
Mix the apples into the batter. Fill the cake pan with batter. Sprinkle two teaspoons sugar on cake.