Grated apple cake
For this deliciously moist cake, grated apples, cooked separately in a little butter and cane sugar, are added to the batter.
2,175
1 hour 35 min.
Easy
3.40 €
4 people
10 IngredientsLast modified on: November 30th 2025
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
4 apples - 2
½ lemon - 3
50 g butter - 4
50 g brown sugar - 5 120 g butter
- 6
4 eggs - 7
100 g caster sugar - 8
150 g flour - 9
6 g baking powder - 10
3 pinches fine (or table) salt - Total weight: 1,465 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 35 min.
Cooking: 60 min.
All in all: 1 hour 35 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.
Peel 4 apples, cut into 4 and remove the core.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Grate and drizzle with ½ lemon juice.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.
In a frying pan over medium heat, melt 50 g butter, then add 50 g brown sugar and stir.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.
Add the grated apples...
Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.
Sift together over 150 g flour, 6 g baking powder and 3 pinches fine (or table) salt egg-sugar mixture.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 1 min.
Mix again thoroughly.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.
Add the warm melted butter.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 1 min.
Mix again.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 2 min.
Add the grated apples and mix one last time.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour into a buttered springform pan, here with a diameter of 22 cm (9 inches).
Stage 14 - ⌛ 45 min.
Bake at 180°C (360°F) for approximately 45 minutes.
Stage 15
Enjoy warm or cold.
Remarks
If you're in a hurry, you can add the raw grated apples, but it won't taste as good.
With the lemon juice, you can also add the zest to give the apples a little extra flavour.
You can add a dash of calvados, and even flambé them, at the end of cooking the grated apples.
With the lemon juice, you can also add the zest to give the apples a little extra flavour.
You can add a dash of calvados, and even flambé them, at the end of cooking the grated apples.
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 40 RDI=20 % | 350 RDI=30 % | 170 RDI=30 % | 3,090 RDI=160 % | 12,940 RDI: 160 % |
| Per 100 g | 2 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 210 RDI=10 % | 890 RDI: 10 % |
| Per person | 10 RDI=4 % | 90 RDI=8 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 770 RDI=40 % | 3,240 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 3.40 €
- Per person : 0.85 €
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Flour
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Caster sugar
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