Apple cakes and pies are a family favorite and I have a lot of tried and tested recipes . I usually like to use walnuts with apples but this afternoon I didn’t have any in my larder and I found a bag of ground hazelnuts and thought I use it. This is a fast and easy cake to prepare .Its a cut and come again cake and that means it will vanish in no time at all. 🙂
Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cups ground hazelnuts
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- grated zest and juice of half a lemon
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 cups sugar if you like it sweet ,I used 1 1/2 cups
- 5 cups chopped apples
Method:
- Preheat oven to 160C and grease & lightly flour a 13in by 9in oven dish.
- Peel and chop the apples putting them in a bowl. Sprinkle the cinnamon ,zest and lemon juice over them and stir.
- In another bowl beat the eggs ,oil and vanilla with a whisk .I used a hand whisk .
- Add the sugar and whisk some more until well combined.
- Sift in the flour,baking powder & pinch of salt and add the ground hazelnuts.
- Mix in with a spoon until you have a smooth batter.
- Stir in the apples ,do not worry if if see that that it seems there is too little batter and a lot of apples when it bakes it will expand nicely.
- Spread in the oven dish and bake until skewer comes out clean ,mine was ready in about 35 minutes in a fan oven. Best is to set timer for 30minutes and check as not all ovens are the same.
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