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Easy Apple Sponge Cake

Sliced apple sponge cake on a dessert plate.
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This easy apple sponge cake is a soft, fluffy one-layer cake topped with fresh apple slices. Made with simple pantry ingredients, this quick apple sponge cake recipe needs only about 10 minutes of prep and works for any occasion.

Ingredients

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For the cake batter:

  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (125 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoon (105 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 large apple

For greasing pan:

  • 1 tablespoon softened unsalted butter 

For decoration:

  • 1-2 tablespoons powdered sugar

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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 355°F (180°C). Using an egg separator, separate the egg whites from the yolks. Sift the flour with the baking powder, then set aside.
  2. Butter an 8-inch (20 cm) round cake pan and line it with parchment paper (you can also use a Le Creuset springform pan of the same diameter).
  3. To make the cake batter, place egg whites with a pinch of salt in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until foamy. Add sugar in 3 batches, beating until stiff and glossy.
  4. Reduce the hand mixer speed, then mix in the yolks, oil, and sifted dry ingredients. Mix until combined; avoid overmixing. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
  5. With a vegetable peeler and an apple corer, peel, core, and slice the apple into 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) slices. Top the batter with the apple slices, pressing them down slightly.
  6. Bake the cake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  7. Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the mold, unpeel the parchment paper from the sides, and let it cool on a wire rack.
  8.  Once cooled, transfer it to a serving plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar. 

Notes

  1. You can peel the apples or leave them unpeeled.
  2. If desired, use chopped apples to arrange as a top layer of the cake.

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