Italian Apple Cake Recipe

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)

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Warm the oven up to 350 degrees. Melt some butter or use cooking spray to grease a standard bundt cake pan. Set it aside.

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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.

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In large basin, beat eggs and sugar. Mix with a handheld mixer for 2-3 minutes until foamy. Mix pale?  Mix milk, olive oil, and vanilla. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt.

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Mix the apples into the batter. Fill the cake pan with batter. Sprinkle two teaspoons sugar on cake.

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Center rack baking takes 40–50 minutes. After pulling away from the sides, the cake is done. A cake toothpick will come out mostly clean, except for crumbs.

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Remove cake from pan and cool on rack after 10 minutes. Sprinkle powdered sugar on the cake when it cools.

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