How to prepare a great tea cake for guests arriving in time with a minimum of effort? The secret of practical housewives has been revealed. A classic charlotte with apples will bring pleasure not only to guests, but also to all household members.
This simple and old-fashioned British apple charlotte recipe will be passed down from generation to generation.
Ingredients:
- Apples are about a kilogram. The more, the juicier the cake will be. The variety is not important, but in the classic recipe, Antonovka is more often used, their sourness sets off the taste of sweet dough;
- One glass of sugar;
- One glass of wheat flour;
- Five eggs;
- Butter or margarine for greasing the mold;
- One tablespoon of sour cream;
- Half a teaspoon of baking soda;
- You do not need to add sour cream and soda, they are needed so that the cake comes out more moist and fluffy. If the apples are juicy enough, then this point can be skipped.
Dough preparation
The dough is prepared quite quickly and easily. Five eggs are broken into a large deep container and beaten well with a mixer at maximum power (you can use a blender, but experience shows that when using a mixer, the dough is more fluffy and fluffy, since the eggs mix better) Beat until the mass is in the container will not become whitish or light yellow. The mass should increase by two, or even three times.
Then, in small portions, sugar is introduced into the mixture, which must be stirred until it is completely dissolved. As soon as the sugar has dissolved, the sifted flour also interferes with the mixture in small portions until the lumps disappear. Sour cream and soda are added, once again the whole dough is mixed well until a homogeneous consistency. The dough should drip off the spoon in thick, heavy drops.
Getting started with apples
They are washed well, cored with seeds and cut into slices of medium thickness (if you have time, you can stew them in a skillet with butter and cinnamon). So that the apples retain their color and do not turn black, you can sprinkle them with citric acid.
The baking dish is greased with butter or margarine and lightly sprinkled with semolina, so the baked goods will definitely not burn and the dough will not stick to the walls. Apples are laid out on the bottom of the mold and poured over with dough. Charlotte is baked in a well-preheated oven up to 180 ° C at an average level of 40-50 minutes. The cake is ready!
If you wish, you can add spices to the dough - cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and ginger. You can also sprinkle the finished cake and garnish with powdered sugar.
