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Apple and cinnamon traybake

In Hungary we eat lots of apples during harvest - in fact most people who live in the countryside have at least one apple tree in their garden. This apple and cinnamon traybake is a family favorite, I make it regularly because it's so simple and so..o..o..o yummy. Instead of cinnamon I sometimes use ginger-bread spice mixture which makes is taste a bit Christmassy. To make it a bit more healthy I use wholemeal flour and unrefined sugar -  you can experiment with gluten-free flour mixtures too!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg apples
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ cup unrefined sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pack vanilla sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease and line a baking tin.
  2. Sieve the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl.
  3. Peel the apples, then grate them using a coarse cheese grater.
  4. Separate the eggs.
  5. Mix the egg yolks with the sugar, grated apple and oil.
  6. Beat the egg whites until you get peaky foams, then gently stir in the apple mixture. Transfer the batter into the baking tin, and spread it out evenly.
  7. Bake for about 45 minutes. When it's golden brown and the sides come away from the walls of the tin, the cake is ready.
  8. Allow it to cool in the tin, then slice it into cubes. Before serving dust it with icing sugar mixed with cinnamon.