Cranberry Apple Torte

If you love apples and cranberries then you will love this. I like to make this recipe in the fall, but it can be made at any time. So I made it for Easter 🙂 Extremely easy to make especially if you have a hand or stand mixer.

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup flour (sifted)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• Fresh nutmeg (grated) or 1/8th tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 apples (peeled, cored and sliced into thin slices)
• 1/2 cup cranberries
• 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
• Cinnamon and sugar for topping

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a cake pan with parchment paper. I butter the cake pan first and then cut out the parchment paper to fit the pan. The butter helps the parchment paper to adhere to the pan (see picture below).
3. Using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on low-medium speed. I use my stand mixer and let it mix until light and fluffy (like 15-20 mins).
4. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until each is individually incorporated.
5. Add vanilla essence until incorporated.
6. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. If you don’t have fresh nutmeg, add 1/8th tsp ground nutmeg.
7. Mix in dry ingredients until fully incorporated.
8. Add sour cream and mix fully.
9. Pour batter into cake pan and sprinkle the cranberries all over the top.
10. Add the apples. Arrange nicely in a circular patter. Cover apples with the lemon juice (see picture below).
11. Sprinkle with sugar and more cinnamon if you like cinnamon.
12. Bake for 1 hour. Cool for 30 minutes and serve.