Torta della Nonna

Torta della Nonna means "Grandmother's cake" and, in this case, I'm referring to my grandmother Maria. Making a grandmother cake, to me means regain that "comfort" I felt when I was a child. It means remember of those days when play and discover were the main activities of the day, just spaced out by tasty "merende" (afternoon snacks). I ate slices of fresh bread just spread with some good extra-virgin oil, vinegar and salt ... or home made cake like this one.

This is not a super chic recipe of a fancy cake , it's "just" a simple act of love!

TORTA DELLA NONNA

TOOLS:

• 1 bowl
• electric whisk
• 1 cake pan

TIMING:

• 1 hour

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cup flour (300 gr farina)
• 2 cups sugar (200 gr zucchero)
• 3,5 oz butter (100 gr burro)
• 2 tablespoons baking powder (una bustina di lievito vanigliato)
• 1/2 tbs vanilla
• 3 eggs (3 uova)
• 3 golden delicious apples (3 mele delizia)
• the juice of 1 lemon + 1 mandarin (il succo di un limone e un mandarino)

Preheat oven at 350 F

Scaldare il forno a 180°C

FIRST STEP

• peel the apples and cut them in slices of 0.2 inches

sbucciare le mele e tagliarle in fette di mezzo centimetro circa di spessore

• drizzle with the lemon&mandarin juice

irrorare con il succo del limone e del mandarino

SECOND STEP

• beat the eggs and the sugar all together until the mixture become light and soft

sbattere le uova con lo zucchero finchè il composto non diventa più chiaro e spumoso

• add to the mixture the melted butter (room temperature) and beating

aggiungere al composto il burro fuso a temperatura ambiente e continuare a sbattere con le fruste

• add, spoon after spoon, the flour and the baking powder winnowed (+ vanilla), keeping beating

continuando a sbattere aggiungere la farina e il lievto setacciato

THIRD STEP

• put the apples into the mixture and gently mix

mettere le mele nel composto e mescolare delicatamente

FOURTH STEP

• transfer in the cake pan (covered by a sheet of parchment paper), sprinkle sugar on it and cook for about 40 minutes

trasferire il composto nella teglia foderata con carta da forno, spoleverare con zucchero e cuocere per circa 40 miuti (dipende dal forno)

Enjoy, and maybe you'll find out that life is still playing and discovering ...