Italian Grandmother's Apple Cake
Another apple cake?
I can see you rolling your eyes.
But I promise, this one is a beauty (I say that about all my children....I mean cakes).
I always make an apple dessert for my Thanksgiving dessert cart, don't you?
I guess they call it an "Italian" cake because it uses olive oil.
I used Greek olive oil, so that makes it a "Greek Grandmother's Cake". ;)
After 10 years here, you had better be baking cakes with olive oil by now.
So much easier than creaming butter into the batter, and the oil imparts a richness and earthiness to the cakes that I love.
This cake is pretty perfect.
If you google "Mediterranean Apple Cake", many recipes come up using olive oil and apples.......I think this one is pretty perfect.
Here's the recipe:
3 medium Gala, Empire or Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into chunks
fresh lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 …
I can see you rolling your eyes.
But I promise, this one is a beauty (I say that about all my children....I mean cakes).
I always make an apple dessert for my Thanksgiving dessert cart, don't you?
I guess they call it an "Italian" cake because it uses olive oil.
I used Greek olive oil, so that makes it a "Greek Grandmother's Cake". ;)
After 10 years here, you had better be baking cakes with olive oil by now.
So much easier than creaming butter into the batter, and the oil imparts a richness and earthiness to the cakes that I love.
This cake is pretty perfect.
If you google "Mediterranean Apple Cake", many recipes come up using olive oil and apples.......I think this one is pretty perfect.
Here's the recipe:
3 medium Gala, Empire or Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into chunks
fresh lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 …
