The Apple Lady's Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• 4 baking apples, cored,peeled,and cut into wedges (about 2 lbs. total)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 butter a 9-inch springform pan and set it aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and sea salt, and stir to blend.
• 4 add the vanilla extract, eggs, oil, and milk, and stir until well blended.
• 5 add the apples and stir to thoroughly coat them with the batter.
• 6 spoon the mixture into the prepared cake pan.
• 7 place the pan in the center of the oven and bake until fairly firm and golden, about 25 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, prepare the topping: in a small bowl, combine the sugar, egg, and melted butter, and stir to blend.
• 9 set it aside.
• 10 remove the cake from the oven and pour the topping mixture over it.
• 11 return the cake to the oven and bake until the top is a deep golden brown and the cake feels quite firm when pressed with a fingertip, about 10 minutes.
• 12 transfer the cake pan to a rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• 13 then run a knife around the sides of the pan, and release and remove the springform side, leaving the cake on the pan base.
• 14 serve at room temperature, cut into thin wedges.