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Classic Italian Apple cake

Ingredients
  

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup olive oil canola blend
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • Juice and zest from one lemon
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3 cups unpeeled honey crisp apples diced
  • 1 apple sliced thin for the top plus 2 Tbsp. of sugar
  • Powder sugar for dusting

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350- degree
  • Star by cutting your apples into small dice. add 2 Tablespoons of sugar and a squeeze of lemon. Set aside while preparing the batter.
  • In a large bowl beat the eggs with the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the oil, vanilla and the juice and zest from one lemon mix until well combined.
  • Mix the baking powder and salt with the flour. add to the egg mixture, mix only until well combined. Then mix in the diced apples.
  • Grease an 8 inch springform pan, add the cake batter. Slice one unpeeled apple thin and line the top of the cake with the apples, sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. of sugar and bake in a pre heated oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
  • Let cool slightly before removing from the pan. Sprinkle with powder sugar.