Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)

1. Unseasoned bread crumbs, or as needed - 2 tablespoons
2. Unsalted butter, melted - ½ cup
3. White sugar - ½ cup
4. Vanilla bean, split and scraped - 1
5. Eggs - 2
6. All-purpose flour - 1 ⅛ cups
7. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
8. Salt - 1 pinch
9. Milk, or as needed (Optional) - 1 tablespoon
10. Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin - 2 pounds
11. Unsalted butter, cubed - ¼ cup
12. White sugar - ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a pie plate and dust with bread crumbs

2. Stage

Combine melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla bean seeds in a bowl. Add eggs and stir to combine. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and add to butter mixture. Add milk if batter is too thick

3. Stage

Pour batter into the prepared pie plate. Distribute apple slices in a thick layer on top of the batter. Dot with cubed butter and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.