Name: Torta di Mele Italian Apple Cake
Prep time: 19 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Italian Cuisine
Ingredients: 2 tbsp unseasoned bread crumbs; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped; 2 eggs; 1 1/8 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp milk; 2 lbs Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin; 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cubed; 1/4 cup white sugar

This Italian apple cake recipe is from my mom and reminds me of my childhood. It tastes delicious, and I bake it for my family now.

Torta di Mele Italian Apple Cake

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a pie plate and dust with bread crumbs

Combine melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla bean seeds in a bowl. Add eggs and stir to combine. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and add to butter mixture. Add milk if batter is too thick

Pour batter into the prepared pie plate. Distribute apple slices in a thick layer on top of the batter. Dot with cubed butter and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

Torta di Mele Italian Apple Cake

This Italian apple cake recipe is from my mom and reminds me of my childhood. It tastes delicious, and I bake it for my family now.

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