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Molly's Buttery Apple Cake
Molly's Buttery Apple Cake <p><a href="/videos/profiles/about-molly-siciliano">Molly Siciliano</a> shares a rustic Italian-inspired apple cake that's perfect any time of day.  What amazed us most about this preparation was the quiet. No loud mixers.  No intricate gadgets. Just pans and spoons, stove and oven, and good old-fashioned stirring with a wooden spoon. The finished result is warm and buttery apples in a vanilla-lemon cake. Serve topped with ice cream or whipped cream. Or simply enjoy as is. Quietly. Thank you, Molly!</p>

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Molly Siciliano shares a rustic Italian-inspired apple cake that's perfect any time of day.  What amazed us most about this preparation was the quiet. No loud mixers.  No intricate gadgets. Just pans and spoons, stove and oven, and good old-fashioned stirring with a wooden spoon. The finished result is warm and buttery apples in a vanilla-lemon cake. Serve topped with ice cream or whipped cream. Or simply enjoy as is. Quietly. Thank you, Molly!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter + extra for baking dish
  • 3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled & sliced thinly
  • ⅔ cup flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 whole eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp lemon zest

Special Equipment

  • microplane/zester
  • 9" round baking dish

How-to

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350º
  2. Grease a 9” round baking dish with butter

Fry Apples

  1. In a large frying pan melt the butter. Add the apples and fry until tender, 5-10 minutes, over medium to medium-high heat, moving the apples around to be sure they are all coated in the butter and watching them so that they do not burn

Mix Cake Dough

  1. While apples are frying, in a bowl stir together flour, salt and baking powder
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, 2 whole eggs, 1 egg yolk, vanilla extract and lemon zest until creamy and well mixed

Assemble & Bake

  1. Stir apples with the melted butter into egg and sugar mixture and mix quickly so that the hot butter does not scramble the eggs
  2. Once apples are covered, add the flour mixture and mix to coat apples
  3. Spoon into 9" round buttered baking dish
  4. Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake forms a brown crust on top
  5. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes
  6. Invert, then flip back over, apple-side-up, and let cool completely before serving

Comments (1)

  • Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at 5:51 pm by Racheloc:
    I found this same recipe in an Italian cook book and I'm having such trouble with it. The preparation is simple enough, but when it comes to baking I can't seem to get it right. I set the oven to the right temperature but after just ten minutes the entire top is dark brown and the rest is still runny. I put tin foil on the top and bake it for the remaining time and it's still runny. I end up baking an extra fifteen minutes and it's still not completely done but I have to peel off the dark crust on top. That's happened each time I've made it. This time, I baked it much longer so it is no longer runny in the center, but I worry it might be dry now. I haven't cut into it or tasted it yet. Why am I having this problem and how can I fix it? The recipe makes it seem to simple. I think once I tweak the baking a little bit it will be great!

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