Apple cloud cake
Serves 8-10 | prep 30 mins | total time
Apple cloud cake
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Serves 8-10 | prep 30 mins | total time
If you struggle to resist sweet treats, then make your own healthier bakes. Look for a cake made with whisked egg whites, like our apple cloud cake - lovely and light but with no added fat, such as butter
Rate
Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
193Kcal
Fat
2gr
Saturates
1gr
Carbs
36gr
Sugars
24gr
Fibre
2gr
Protein
6gr
Salt
0.6gr
Ingredients
- 750g dessert apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus a pinch
- 2 large eggs, plus 2 extra egg whites
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 125g plain flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 100ml skimmed milk
- ½ -1 tsp icing sugar, to dust
Step by step
Get ahead
Keeps for up to 3 days in an airtight container, or can be frozen
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Grease and line the base and sides of a 23cm springform tin using oil.
- Toss the apples with the lemon juice and cinnamon, and set aside.
- Put the lemon zest, whole eggs and sugar (keeping back ½ tablespoon of sugar for the top) in a large bowl and whisk together until creamy and thick enough to leave a trail when the whisk is lifted out. Sift in the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and fold through, followed by the milk.
- In a separate bowl, with clean whisks, beat the egg whites to soft peaks, then fold through the batter until smooth. Gently mix in about two-thirds of the sliced apples, then pour into the prepared cake tin. Scatter the rest of the apples on top and sprinkle with the reserved sugar. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean from the centre. Leave in the tin for 10-15 minutes before carefully unmoulding and transferring to a wire rack. Serve slightly warm or cooled, dusted with icing sugar.
