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Apple, Hazelnut and Cinnamon Cake

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Autumn is now well arrived, so it was time to prepare a seasonal cake. Even if I love summer fruits (strawberries, cherries, apricots…), there is nothing as simple and delicious as a good apple cake! This Apple, Hazelnut and Cinnamon Cake is particularly soft and fluffy. Want to know my secret? You’ll find it a little further down!
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Gâteau
Cuisine Allemande, Française, International
Servings 8
Calories 344 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 apples
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g sugar
  • 125 g butter
  • vanilla extract or vanilla sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 125 g flour
  • 60 g ground roasted hazelnut or hazelnut flour
  • 4 g baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Break the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.
  • In a salad bowl, add the egg yolks and sugar. Beat until you get a foamy mixture.
  • Add the soft butter. Beat it until the butter is well incorporated.
  • Add the cinnamon and vanilla.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, ground roasted hazelnut and chopped hazelnuts.
  • Peel half of the apples (2 apples), quarter them and remove the seeds. Then cut the apples into small pieces (> 1 cm). Add them to the dough.
  • Beat the egg whites until stiff.
  • Then add them little by little to the main preparation.
  • Pour the cake dough into a cake tin (26 cm) covered with baking paper or buttered.
  • Cut the two remaining apples into quarters and remove the seeds. Cut the apple quarters into thin slices and place them on the cake dough.
  • Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts (optional).
  • Bake in the oven for 45 min at 170 °C.

Nutrition

Calories: 344kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 6gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 115mgSodium: 197mgPotassium: 201mgFiber: 3gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 561IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 2mg
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