Torta De Mele Food

TORTA DI MELE (ITALIAN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• 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.

TORTA DI MELE - ITALIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/360F and adjust a baking rack onto the middle shelf. Grease and dust with flour (or line with parchment paper) a 9-inch cake pan and set it aside.
• In a large bowl, place the eggs and the sugar. Beat the mixture with an electric whisker until light and pale, then gently whisk in the olive oil, followed by the vanilla, and mix until all the ingredients are combined.
• Slowly incorporate the flour into the batter, mixing until just combined. Sprinkle the baking powder and a pinch on salt over the batter and mix until just combined (do not overmix).
• Fold into the batter 1-1/2 apples cut into tiny chunks, and lemon zest, and mix until just combined.
• Pour the apple cake batter into the prepared baking pan. Top the batter with the remaining 1-1/2 apples cut into thin slices, and bake in the oven for approximately 30-40 minutes. To check if the cake is ready, insert a toothpick in the middle, if it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool and gently remove the apple cake from the pan.
• Dust the cake all over with confectioner sugar and serve at room temperature.

TORTA DE MELE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F.
• 2. Place the butter into a saucepan and melt in the oven, taking care that it does not burn.
• 3. Peel the apples and cut them into small pieces. Add the lemon juice and 50 grams of the sugar. Mix together and set aside.
• 4. Break the eggs into a large bowl. Add the remaining sugar and beat together well.
• 5. Add the melted butter, the vanilla, the flour and the baking powder, mixing well.
• 6. Add the apples.
• 7. Put the mixture in a cake tin, sprinkle the toasted pine nuts on top and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• 8. Serve with whipped cream, custard or vanilla ice cream.