Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Almond Apple Cake

Good for Passover & Easter!

3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 Tbs lemon juice
2 Tbs castor sugar
3 Tbs water

6 large eggs
325g ground almonds
275g castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 Tbs lemon juice

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Spray a 22cm tin with non-stick spray.
2. Place the apples in a saucepan with the lemon juice, sugar and about 3 Tbs of water. Bring to the boil, then let simmer over a medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the apples are soft enough to mash. Mash with a fork and set aside.
3. Place the mashed apple, eggs, almonds, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice in a food processor or hand-held mixer and mix till combined.
4. Pour this mixture into your greased cake tin.
5. Bake for about 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
6. Leave to cool in the tin before dusting with icing sugar to serve.

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