Delicious Passover Apple Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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18
ingredients
- 6 large baking apples, peeled and sliced thin or grated on the largest side of the grater
- 6 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup oil
- 2 lemons, peel grated and juiced
- 1 1⁄2 cups matzo meal or 1 1/2 cups cake crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup potato starch
- cinnamon
- raisins
- chopped nuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 375F, and grease a 9" x 13" pan. (If you are feeling virtuous, dust it with cake meal, but I never do -- ).
- Peel, slice or grate apples and set aside.
- Beat eggs in mixer for about 5 minutes.
- Beat in sugar and salt, then oil, lemon juice and lemon peel.
- Mix together the cake/matzo meal and the potato starch, and add to the batter, still beating.
- Spoon or pour half of the batter into the greased pan.
- Top with all of the apples and raisins, if desired. (Don't worry, there aren't too many apples!).
- Sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Top with remaining batter, and sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired.
- Bake at 375F for 35-45 minutes (or more).
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This is truly an outstanding apple cake and I agree - way too good to be a Pesach recipe! The recipe instructions are very clear and easy to follow. I used the quantities specified in Australia without doing the metric conversion and it turned out absolutely perfect. Make sure you use the full quantity of apples - it makes the cake moist and generously plump. Next time, I might use the peel of only 1 lemon (but juice of 2) but that's just for my personal taste. Using raisins instead of sultanas also adds to the generous substance of this very yummy cake! Thanks Sarah Chana, I think I'll be making this every year!
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<p>Sara Chana (z'l) was a beloved daughter, wife and mother. She was the wife of a Rabbi and entertained many people in their home, especially on the Sabbath and Jewish Holidays. She loved to cook and to share her recipes. She was a very active member of the Kosher & Jewish Cooking Forum and was loved by many members here as well. She lost a valiant fight against cancer and we miss her very much. May her recipes continue to nourish many people, as she did during her life. <br /><br />If you have a question about one of her recipes, please post in the Kosher & Jewish Cooking Forum <a href=http://www.food.com/bb/viewforum.zsp?f=29 target=_blank>http://www.food.com/bb/viewforum.zsp?f=29</a> and we will try our best to answer them.</p>
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