Description
Easy recipe for the soft and moist traditional French apple cake (For a 8 inches / 20 cm round cake pan - about 8-10 slices)
Ingredients
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) Vegetable oil - sunflower oil
- 120 g (2/3 cup) Sugar - granulated
- 2 eggs - at room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 125 g (1/2 cup) Plain yogurt - or buttermilk, sour cream
- 180 g (1 1/2 cups) Flour - cake flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 3 apples
- 2 tbsp. cane sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C and grease an 8 inches / 20 cm round cake tin with butter or baking paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, sugar and eggs until smooth for about 2 minutes.
- Add the yogurt and vanilla and mix again to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and salt and mix gently until the mixture is smooth.
- Finish by adding the sliced apples and mix gently.
- Pour the cake batter into your prepared pan and sprinkle the cane sugar on top.
- Bake in the oven at half height for 40-50 minutes. (Check for baking by dipping the tip of a knife in, it should come out clean)
- Let the cake cool completely before removing from the pan.
Notes
Storage: Up to 5 days in the refrigerator and up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: cake,
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Calories: 251
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 107
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 11
- Carbohydrates: 29
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 34