People of my native Liguria are known for their extreme frugality and «Grandma Luigina» was no exception. Hence she developed a great number of recipes which are rich in taste but use only «poor» ingredients and very little fat. No butter is used in this cake aside from a very small amount to grease the baking dish.
butter, unsalted, to grease the baking dish | |||
5 | apples, cut into wedges | 900 g | |
3 tbsp | lemon, juice and zest | 1 lemon | |
1/2 cup | sugar | 110 g | |
3/4 tsp | ground cinnamon | 2 g | |
1 | eggs size large | ||
1 1/4 cup | white flour (all purpose) | 150 g | |
2 tsp | baking powder | 5 g | |
1/3 cup | milk, partly skimmed, 2% | 85 mL | |
1/2 cup | cream 15% [optional] | 125 mL |
This recipe yields 6-8 servings.
per 1 serving (180 g)
Amount % Daily Value |
Calories 240 |
Fat 2 g 3 % |
Saturated
0.6 g
3 % |
Cholesterol 30 mg |
Sodium 80 mg 4 % |
Carbohydrate 54 g 18 % |
Fibre 4 g 16 % |
Sugars 31 g |
Net Carbs 50 g |
Protein 4 g |
Vitamin A 3 % |
Vitamin C 7 % |
Calcium 9 % |
Iron 12 % |
Food Group | Exchanges |
---|---|
Starches | 1 |
Fruits | 1 |
Milk and Alternatives | 0 |
Meat and Alternatives | 0 |
Fats | ½ |
Other Foods | 1 |
This was great as promised. I was nervous about the ratio of apples to batter too but mine turned out great. Also, I found the batter a little thick to combine with the apples at first, so I thinned it out with more milk, just so that I was comfortable with it.
I was a little worried because I am not too used to baking and it looked like there was not enough batter to fill the dish. However in the end it turned out just great.
Because of little liquid, no fat and chunky fruits, the batter is thick,a lot of beating is required to cover the fruits.The dough becomes massive and heavy. there is a lot of apple cake receipes out there with better results. Sorry grandma.