Apple Cake Easy Recipe

   The apple cake or apple pie is one of the most versatile cakes out there; this is because it's easily adaptable. It can be baked as that something sweet we all need on a Sunday afternoon, as well as the perfect cake during Holidays. I am sure you all have an apple cake recipe from your mother or grandmother that has been passed down from generation to generation. So, today I will present to you my homemade apple cake easy recipe that has been passed down through generations in my family. 



    The ingredients you will need are the following:
- 500 gr flour
- 250 gr soft butter
- 2 eggs
- 3 spoons sugar
- pinch of salt
- the peel from 1 lemon
- 20 gr yeast
- 150 ml milk

   For the apple layer you will need:
- 1.5 kg fresh apples
- 4 spoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon


   This recipe will need kneading. But don't worry, because it's not that heard, and you can do it in no time.
   For this recipe, I chose to make the dough using a big bowl, as you can see in the picture above.

   First, put the flour and the soft butter in the bowl. If you forgot the take out the butter from the fridge before making this recipe, make sure you check out my easy tips on how to soften butter. Mingle it a little, this point you can use a wooden spoon if this is more comfortable for you. 
   Add the eggs, sugar, salt, the lemon peel and the yeast with the milk. You should prepare ahead the yeast. If you are not familiar with this concept, please read my tips on how to prepare and work with yeast .  
   And now it's kneading time. Make sure you knead well the dought. You know it's done when the dough is smooth, and it pulls away from the bowl's sides. 
   Cover the dough using a clean hand towel, and let it rise for about 30 minutes. This will give you the time to prepare the apples.
  Peel the apples and then grate them. Add the sugar, and the cinnamon. Using a wooden spoon, make sure you mingle well everything. You will see that after mixing the grated apples with the sugar, there will be some juice on the composition. This juice should not make it into the apple cake. You can squeeze the apples with your clean hands, or you can use a sieve. 

  At this point, your dough should be ready. I prepared a large cake tin: poured a little bit of oil, and then some flour to keep the cake from sticking to the tin. You can also use non-stick spray. 



   Split the dough into almost two equal parts. I say almost because the bottom layer should be a little bit bigger than the upper one. Roll out the bigger piece of dough using a rolling pin. Put the first layer of dough into the tin. 


Add the apple composition, and make sure you even it out as much as you can. 

   

   Then, add the second layer of dough. 
   Before putting the apple cake into the oven, use a fork to make some little holes, just an in the picture above. You can sprinkle some sugar on the top if you want. 


   Bake the cake at medium temperature for about 30 minutes. Don't forget to make the toothpick test, to make sure it's perfectly done. 

    Just writing this post, and I feel that delicious smell coming from the oven. This is one of my family's favorite recipe. It's done easily, quickly, and it's super delicious. As we don't really eat fresh apples, this is the best way to use them.
   

   Quick tip about the apples: the original recipe only required 1 kg of apples. But we love the cake if it has more apples, so I changed the recipe a little bit. You can first try the recipe as you want. If you love apples, you should definitely use 1.5kg 😊

   What about you? Are you a big fan of apple cake, or apple pies? Do you have a recipe that's been passed through generations? Let me know in the comment, and don't forget to share/pin.
Happy Baking everyone!