Mömmueplakaka

Mother's apple pie

I baked this cake for my husband's birthday.

I got the recipe from a baking book with Sunday cake recipes throughout the year that I recently bought in Reykjavík at a second-hand shop in Reykjavík, the Nytjamarkaður Samhjálpar. Samhjálp is a charity that, among other things, runs a home for addicts and distributes food to those in need. This work is largely financed from the proceeds of the second-hand shop on Ármúli in Reykjavík. The selection of books they had there was manageable, but relatively sorted - and they also had some interesting cookbooks. And the Sunday Cake book really made me, a cake lover, happy!

Ingredients

4 apples

1 Tbsp cinnamon

4 - 5 Tbsp brown sugar

1 Tbsp lemon juice

180 g oil

320 g brown sugar

ground vanilla

grated orange peel

4 eggs

350 g flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

grated lemon peel

50 g chopped nuts/almonds

3 Tbsp butter

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Wash, peel and cut the apples into cubes.

Put the apple pieces in a bowl with 1 Tbsp cinnamon, 4 - 5 Tbsp brown sugar and 1 Tbsp lemon juice and mix, then leave to stand while you prepare the dough.

In a large bowl, stir the oil with the sugar, ground vanilla and grated orange peel until frothy.

Stir in the eggs one at a time.

Add the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix everything into a smooth dough.

Grease a baking pan (approx. 30 x 25 cm) well or line it with baking paper.

Pour the first half of the dough into the baking pan, place half of the apple pieces on top, then pour over the remaining dough and finish with the second half of the apple pieces.

Now sprinkle the whole thing with some grated lemon peel and distribute the chopped nuts/almonds on top.

Finally, add the butter in flakes to the cake.

Then bake the cake in the lower third of the oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 20 to 25 minutes until the dough is baked through and the layer on top has turned nice and golden brown.

Let the cake cool, cut into cubes and then serve.

[Translated from here.]