French Apple Cake – Gâteau moelleux aux pommes

I've been running like a ' headless chicken' the whole day as school begins today & lots of errands to run .  But since  I've  an hour to spare , I've managed to baked this guilt-free cake with fresh apples from my garden . Yes, guilt-free cake  with no fat  added & using fresh organic apples .  It's a light moist cake that makes it a  perfect  dessert . I did not realized that I've not share this recipe before on my blog as I've baked this cake quite often & it's our all time favorite .  If you have any yummy apple recipes to share , do visit this post & link with us . I'm the host of this month's Little Thumbs Up event & APPLE is my theme . Looking forward to all your apple recipes .  'Sharing Is Caring' 

This post is linked to Little Thumbs Up event organized by Zoe of Bake For Happy Kids with Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY & hosted this by me , Kit from I-Lost inAusten . 

French Apple Cake – Gâteau moelleux aux pommes

Adapted from 750g.com

Ingredients :

1 kg apple (peeled, cored & diced or sliced) 

200g flour

3 eggs

150g sugar

2 tbsp vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract

1 lemon zest

1tbsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

Butter to grease the pan

20cm cake pan

Method:

1)      Preheat oven to 180°C & grease the cake pan . Separate egg whites & yolks . Beat egg yolks with sugar , vanilla sugar or extract & pinch of salt  . Fold in flour, baking powder & lemon zeste till well combined .

2)      Beat egg white till soft peak & gradually fold in the egg yolk mixture .  Add in diced apples & mix gently till well combined . Pour apple mixture in cake pan & bake for 40 mins till golden brown . Let to cool before removing from the cake pan .