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Presentation

Dessert consisting of a cake prepared with apples, flour, butter, sugar, eggs, cream, baking powder, vanillin, lemon, powdered sugar and cinnamon

Ingredients

For 8 people – 1 openable mold diameter of 24 cm

Apples – 3 medium (≈ 450 g / 16 oz / ≈ 3 cups chopped)

“00” flour – 200 g (7 oz / ≈ 1½ cups)

Melted butter – 50 g (1.8 oz / ≈ 3½ tablespoons)

or Sunflower oil – 50 g (≈ 50 ml / 1.7 fl oz / ≈ 3½ tablespoons)

Granulated sugar – 150 g (5.3 oz / ≈ ¾ cup)

Eggs – 2 large, at room temperature

Cooking cream – 200 ml (6.8 fl oz / ≈ ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon), at room temperature

Baking powder – 1 sachet (16 g / 0.56 oz / 1 tablespoon)

Vanillin or vanilla seeds / extract – 1 sachet or seeds from 1 vanilla bean / 1 teaspoon extract

Grated lemon peel (optional) – from ½ lemon (≈ 1 teaspoon / 1–2 g)

Vanilla powdered sugar (before baking) – 2 tablespoons (≈ 16 g / 0.56 oz)

Ground cinnamon (before baking) – 1 generous teaspoon (≈ 3 g / 0.1 oz)

Powdered sugar (to sprinkle baked cake) – 1 tablespoon (≈ 8 g / 0.28 oz)

Method

Whip the eggs very well with sugar and vanilla and if you want lemon peel until frothy and light.

Add the cold melted butter and continue to mix with a whisk.

Add the flour by spoonfuls, mixed with the sifted baking powder, alternating it with the tablespoons of cream at room temperature.

Mix at medium speed, until all the ingredients are used up.

The raw dough must be full-bodied, velvety, not liquid or too fluid

Wash the apples, dry them, peel them and cut them into slices.

Place the dough in an openable pan, buttered and floured.

Level the dough

Arrange the apple slices in a radius, starting from the outside by sinking them slightly:

After the first round of apples, make a second round and finally the third, where you will place the apples in the center.

Occupy all the available spaces, trying to keep the “design” concentric, leaving the last apples slightly higher, without sinking them too much

Mix together icing sugar and cinnamon:

Sprinkle the surface of the apple pie

Bake in a static oven, hot, in the central part at 180 ° for about 45 minutes.

Remove from the oven, open the pan and let the cake cool

Sprinkle with icing sugar

Serve

Allergens

Butter: milk allergens (except in clarified butter) if not clarified

Cinnamon: possible reactivity in case of intolerance to spices

Flour: contains gluten from cereals included in EU Regulation 1169/2011

Lemon: Lemon intolerance or possible cross-reaction in case of grass pollen allergy

Apple: individual fruit intolerance or cross-reactivity in case of birch sensitivity

Cream: presence of lactose and milk proteins

Egg: included among the allergens in EU Regulation 1169/2011

Vanilla: possible reactivity in case of sensitivity to spices

Notes

To be prepared and handled under strict hygienic conditions.

The ingredients of the dish bring the following benefits:

Butter: source of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) favorable to the health of the eyes, mucous membranes, bones, immune system and blood clotting.

Cinnamon: able to strengthen the immune system

Lemon: Rich in substances with antioxidant action: vitamin C, beta-carotene, cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin, which promote the regeneration of liver cells, the functionality of the immune system and which act to protect the cardiovascular system; also suitable for nephropathic patients and useful for the functioning of the liver for the supply of vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidants. A species that provides folic acid linked to the production of serotonin and therefore favorable to good mood and counteract depression

Apple: provides flavonoids (Vit. P), antioxidants that enhance the action of Vit. C in favor of the immune system and mineral salts, vitamins and antioxidants that act to protect the cardiovascular system; also suitable for nephropathics; useful for the functioning of the liver for the supply of vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidants. Especially if consumed with the peel, it provides folic acid linked to the production of serotonin and therefore favorable to good mood and counteract depression

Cream: source of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) favorable to the health of the eyes, mucous membranes, bones, immune system and blood clotting.

Eggs: source of Vitamin E which protects the immune system from harmful fatty acids. Rich in Vitamin D that fights mood disorders

Vanilla: it has favorable effects on liver function to have choleretic, digestive, eupeptic, stomachic, hepatoprotective, antihepatotoxic, spasmolytic properties of smooth muscle fibers.

Sugar: if consumed in moderation without contraindications (diabetes, obesity,) it is the main source of energy for the body, improves thinking ability, has a positive effect on mood.

Safety / Intended use

Can also be administered in case of:

• Anorexia – Weight Loss
• Nausea and vomiting

Not to be administered to individuals suffering from:

• Mucositis – Lesions of the oral cavity
• Xerostomia (dry mouth)
• Dysphagia (problems chewing and swallowing)