Apple cake

Instructions

1- Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2- (350˚F) Grease a cake pan and line it with baking paper.

3- In a large bowl, break the four eggs with the sugar and beat until they have tripled in volume and become fluffy.

4- Sift the self-rising baking flour and add it to your egg mixture.

5- Fold this over, preserving as much air as possible.

6- Add the melted (and slightly cooled) butter and mix until combined.

7- Add cinnamon, pinch of salt and vanilla extract.

8- Add the diced apple to the batter and gently fold them into the batter so that the apple pieces are evenly distributed.

9- You can roll the apple pieces through some more cinnamon.

10- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula.

11- Place the apple slices on top of the batter and press lightly.

12- Sprinkle optionally with some almond shavings.

13- Bake the apple cake in the preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.

14- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the mold for a few minutes.

15- Then carefully remove the cake from the mold and let cool completely on a wire rack.

16- Sprinkle the cooled apple cake with powdered sugar.