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 minutesmins
Cook Time 45 minutesmins
Course Gâteau
Cuisine Allemande, Française, International
Servings 8
Calories 344kcal
Ingredients
4apples
4eggs
100gsugar
125gbutter
vanilla extract or vanilla sugar
1teaspooncinnamon
125gflour
60gground roasted hazelnutor hazelnut flour
4gbaking 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.