Torta De Mele

Name: Torta De Mele
Ingredients: 5 apples; 1 lemon, juice of; 200 g sugar; 1 vanilla bean seeds or 3 -4 drops good vanilla essence; 5 eggs; 300 g plain flour; 150 g butter; baking powder, for 300 grams flour; 50 g pine nuts, toasted

9 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

5 apples
1 lemon, juice of
200 g sugar
1 vanilla bean seeds or 3 -4 drops good vanilla essence
5 eggs
300 g plain flour
150 g butter
baking powder, for 300 grams flour
50 g pine nuts, toasted

Directions

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1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F.
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2. Place the butter into a saucepan and melt in the oven, taking care that it does not burn.
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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.
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4. Break the eggs into a large bowl. Add the remaining sugar and beat together well.
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5. Add the melted butter, the vanilla, the flour and the baking powder, mixing well.
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6. Add the apples.
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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.
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8. Serve with whipped cream, custard or vanilla ice cream.