Best Olive Garden Italian Apple Torte Recipes

EASY ITALIAN APPLE CAKE | TORTA DI MELE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 ° C (350 F) and prepare a 22 cm springform pan covered with parchment paper, wet and squeezed. Then wash and peel the apples.
• Cut some apples (about half of them) into small pieces and some into thin slices. Squeeze the lemon juice on both to flavour and keep them from blackening. Set the apples aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar for 5 minutes, until very frothy and well whipped (you can also use an electric mixer). Then add the melted butter and lemon zest.
• Add the flour, baking powder and milk. Mix and combine the ingredients very well. Finally add the chopped apples (but keep the slices aside) to the mixture and mix well by hand with a wooden spoon.
• Pour the mixture into the springform pan and then cover it completely with the apple slices arranged in a radial pattern.
• Before baking, sprinkle the surface of the cake with brown sugar, which during cooking will form a crunchy and delicious crust.
• Bake at 180° C (350 F) for about 50 minutes. The apple cake will be ready when the apple slices are toasted and golden. Let the cake cool before serving.

OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN APPLE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Soak raisins in Marsala wine; set aside. Peel and finely slice apples and place in large bowl. Add lemon juice and enough water to cover. In separate large bowl, mix one egg and two egg yolks. Add sugar and butter and cream at medium speed until smooth. Add raisins and wine mixture, flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly. Coat 9 inch spring form pan with butter.
• Place dough mixture in pan. Strain apples reserving 2 tbsp of the liquid. Toss apples with 1 Tbsp of sugar and place on top of dough mixture pressing lightly. Top torte evenly with pine nuts and 2 tbsp of reserved liquid. Place torte on center shelf of oven.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Sides and top of torte should be light brown. Remove and let cool.

TORTA DI MELE (ITALIAN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a pie plate and dust with bread crumbs
• Combine melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla bean seeds in a bowl. Add eggs and stir to combine. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and add to butter mixture. Add milk if batter is too thick
• Pour batter into the prepared pie plate. Distribute apple slices in a thick layer on top of the batter. Dot with cubed butter and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.