Name: Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Unseasoned bread crumbs, or as needed - 2 tablespoons; Unsalted butter, melted - ½ cup; White sugar - ½ cup; Vanilla bean, split and scraped - 1; Eggs - 2; All-purpose flour - 1 ⅛ cups; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Salt - 1 pinch; Milk, or as needed (Optional) - 1 tablespoon; Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin - 2 pounds; Unsalted butter, cubed - ¼ cup; White sugar - ¼ cup

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.