Ciambella Di Mele Apple Cake
It’s so tasty and soft in the inside and topped with crispy apples. So yummy, you’re going to love it.
Materials
Cake Batter
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar or less if preferred
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil or neutral oil
- 3 cups all purpose flour, sifted
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- ½ tsp Powdered sugar for dusting
Apples and Filling
- 2 large or 4 small honey crisp apples, peeled and cored
- 4-5 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4-5 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease a tube cake pan with butter and an evenly light dust of flour all around.
- In a large bowl add sifted flour, baking powder and with a whisk or fork mix together and set aside.
- In a medium bowl add eggs and beat with an electric mixer as you slowly add in your sugar. Add in oil, vanilla and mix until smooth.
- With a wooden spoon and spatula, slowing add your wet egg mixture into your flour mixture.
- Also adding in 1/2 cup orange juice and keep stirring with a wooden spoon until all flour is incorporated and you have a smooth batter.
- Cut and core 1 apple into thin slices, set aside.
- Pour half the batter into your greased cake pan. Add your sliced apples evenly all around into your batter on a diagonal, pressing them down a bit. Evenly sprinkle apples with half the sugar mixture.
- Cut and core your second apple into thin slices. I added them into my bowl with the remaining sugar mixture. Coat them evenly and set aside.
- Now for the second layer, add remaining batter into your pan and top with your sugar coated apples. Add them evenly over the batter on a diagonal and press them down a bit.
- Add cake in your pre- heated oven of 350 degrees F, in the middle rack. Bake for approx 55-60 mins, depending on your oven. For the last 15 mins, I lowered the cake to the 2nd last rack.
- My oven is very strong, so I baked it for 55 mins.
- Let it cool for 15 mins in your pan before flipping it over. You can top with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
It’s so tasty and soft in the inside and topped with crispy apples. So yummy, you’re going to love it.
Note**The cake will be a bit sticky around your pan bc of the juices from the apples/sugar. To prevent cake from sticky to your pan, lightly go around with a knife to make sure it’s not stuck anywhere. Do the middle part as well.
