This very traditional Italian dessert is an utterly beautiful, delicious, moist slice of heaven. Soooo good! And yet so easy too.

Ingredients 

• 700g apples (any variety), ½ small chopped, ½ thin sliced 

• 1 lemon, juiced and zested 

• 250g flour 

• 1 tsp baking soda

• pinch of salt 

• 70g butter 

• 150g sugar 

• ½ tsp vanilla 

• 3 eggs

• 1c milk

• 1 tbsp brown sugar 

Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 175C/350F.  

2. Prepare apples, each in its own bowl with lemon juice to prevent browning. 

3. In a large bowl mix flour, baking soda, salt.  

4. Using a hand or stand mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add lemon zest and vanilla.  Reduce speed to low, add eggs one at a time.  

5. Add 1/3 of flour mixture to egg mixture.  After it is incorporated add ½ cup of milk. Then add 1/3 flour, then all remaining milk, then the final 1/3 flour. Allow batter to be fully incorporated before adding next batch.  

6. Mix in the chopped apples.  

7. Pour batter into an oiled 8”-9” spring-form baking pan.  

8. Arrange apple slices on top of batter.  

9. Sprinkle with brown sugar.  

10. Bake for 50-60 minutes.  

11. Allow to cool fully before eating.