Description
This beautiful seasonal cake will sweep you off your feet: moist, full of cinnamon and juicy apples with brown sugar and Swiss meringue frosting.
Ingredients
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For the cake batter:
- 1/2 cup (115 ml) vegetable oil (you can use melted butter instead)
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp powdered cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp powdered ginger
- pinch of salt
- some lemon zest (to taste)
- 2 eggs
- 4 apples
- 3/4 cup (150 g) brown sugar
- 2 1/4 cups (250 g) all purpose flour
For the frosting:
- 4 egg whites
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup (215 g) brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 356 F (180 Celsius).
- Combine flour with salt, soda, baking powder and spices. In a separate bowl, mix eggs with brown sugar until pale and fluffy. Add oil and lemon zest. Combine with the previous batter. Add washed, peeled and grated apples.
- Pour the batter into a prepared baking pan (greased and bottom lined with parchment paper). Bake for about 45 minutes (test with skewer).
- Make the frosting: Leave egg whites outside the fridge, let them get to room temperature, they will make a nicer frosting.
- Combine egg whites with brown sugar and put it in a heatproof bowl. Set it over simmering water and whisk for a few minutes, just until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, add a pinch of salt and beat mixture until fluffy and stiff and cool, for about 10 minutes.
- Frost the cake. You can cut it in half and frost between the layers too.