Sponge Cake with Apples

Autumn always comes with tastes of a harvest: for me autumn tastes like apples, even though you can get them at any grocery shop any time of the year.

Since I’ve got my apples, a big pack of them actually, my house keeps smelling like autumn. During last weeks we had a duck with apples for a dinner, baked apples for a snack and even kompot with apples and cranberries.

I’ve also prepared this sponge cake with apples and light hit of cinnamon last sunday and now I can share this easy recipe with you, so you can enjoy the taste of autumn with me.

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs
• 2 apples (better take not sweet ones)
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of all purpose wheat flour
• Cinnamon (powder)
• Vanilla sugar (optional)
• Sugar powder for decoration
• 1 tbsp of butter

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients: make sure eggs are coming directly from fridge so they are easier to separate, wash apples, one important thing you will also need a mixer and a cake pan (I prefer the springform one):
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 1

2. Separate eggs (it is easier to use egg separator, those of you who don’t have one may find these instructions helpful):
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 2

3. Pour egg whites to the mixer bowl and add a bit of sugar (about a tablespoon):
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 3

4. Turn mixer on the high speed and start beating egg whites (use wire whip for this):
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 4

5. Keep beating and adding sugar in, spoon by spoon, till you add a whole cup. Continue beating until you get white strong foam:
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 5

6. Add yolks one by one:
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 6

7. Continue beating till yolks are mixed in. I also add about 1/3 of teaspoon of vanilla sugar at this point, but it is optional:
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 7

8. Reduce mixer speed to lowest and add flour:
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 8

9. Mix batter until flour is in:
   
   

   Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 9

10. Cut each apple in 6-8 pieces, remove seeds and season them with cinnamon (I also skin apples if I am not sure where they came from):
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 10

11. Smear bottom and sides of cake pan with butter, warm up oven till 350F:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 11

12. Carefully pour batter to the cake pan, help yourself with a spoon or spatula:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 12

13. Arrange pieces of apple on the top, make sure apples don’t touch sides of the pan:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 13

14. Make sure oven is warmed up till 350F and put cake pan to the oven:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 14

15. Bake cake for about 35-40 mins until it is ready (start checking the cake with a wooden toothpick at about 30th minute: pierce it till the bottom, if toothpick comes out clean then cake is ready). Take cake out of the oven and turn oven off:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 15

16. Set cake aside and let it cool till room temperature completely, then disassemble the pan and carefully move cake to a big plain plate (if cake doesn’t come out easily, use knife or spatula).

    Put about tablespoon of sugar powder to small sieve (make sure it is completely dry before you do so):
    

    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 16

17. Shake sieve above the cake to powder its top with a sugar:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples Recipe: Step 17

18. Cut a piece and serve:
    
    

    Sponge Cake with Apples

Bon Appetit!

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