Autumn delight: Irresistible apple sponge cake recipe

A simple and ingenious recipe for sponge cake with apples should already be in your notebook. You don't need much, and the taste and aroma can be enchanting. Serve with whipped cream, and the compliments will be endless.

Not only pumpkins but plum and apple cakes are sweet symbols of autumn. Apart from obvious delights such as apple pie, plum cake with crumble, or American-style pumpkin pie, some desserts are easy to prepare and yield wonderful results.

An example of such a dessert is a sponge cake with apples. Everyone is familiar with sponge cake; most can whip it up without a second thought. A cake enriched with apple slices becomes more moist yet still retains its fluffiness, and its soft interior will soak up the apple flavour and aroma. Sprinkle the whole with cinnamon, and it's ready.

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs,
• 1 cup of sugar,
• 1 cup of flour,
• 4 tablespoons of oil,
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder,
• 3 apples,
• powdered sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling.

Instructions:

1. Beat the egg whites until stiff with the sugar. Then, add the yolks, oil, and sifted flour with baking powder. Mix everything gently to avoid deflating the foam.
2. Pour the batter into a springform pan lined with paper only at the bottom.
3. Wash and peel the apples, then cut them in half and slice the halves thinly.
4. Dip the apple slices into the batter.
5. Bake the prepared cake for 40 minutes at 180°C.
6. Cool the finished sponge cake and sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon.