Simple Apple Cake with Ground Pistachios

Ingredients

• 250 g wheat flour type 1050
• 125 g room temperature butter
• 0.5 tsp vanilla powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 80 g coconut palm sugar
• 2 tbsp Maple syrup
• 2 tbsp milk
• 4 tart apples (e.g., Boskop, Braeburn)
• 3 tbsp ground pistachios

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat butter, vanilla powder and coconut palm sugar until fluffy. Add maple syrup, eggs and salt and beat to a white creamy consistency. Gradually fold in flour and baking powder. Add milk and mix into a soft batter. If the batter is too thick, add another 2–3 tbsp of milk.

2. 2.

   Grease a springform pan if needed and pour the batter into it.

3. 3.

   Peel, halve and core the apples. Score each apple half several times (so they do not fall apart).

4. 4.

   Top the batter with the scored apple halves. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan or gas level 3) for 35–40 minutes until golden brown. Decorate the edge of the cake with pistachios. Serve well cooled.