Syrian Apple Cake Recipes

RUSSIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine farmer's cheese, melted butter, and milk in a bowl and stir until smooth.
• Mix 1 3/4 cups flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to the ricotta mixture. Mix until pastry dough comes together. Refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• Beat 1/2 cup sugar and eggs together in a bowl using an electric mixer until thickened. Add sour cream, 2 tablespoons flour, and vanilla extract; stir until filling is well combined.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9-inch springform cake pan.
• Press the chilled pastry into the bottom and sides of the cake pan. Add 1/2 the apples; top with 1/2 of the filling. Repeat layering, ending with the filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Remove and let cool in pan.

ROMANIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Cut the apples into 1 inch wedges. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until blended. Mix in the baking soda, oil, cinnamon and vanilla. Stir in the flour, just until incorporated. Fold in the apples and walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly. May be served warm or at room temperature.

UKRAINIAN APPLE CAKE (YABLUCHNYK)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8 inch square baking dish.
• Sift together 1 1/2 cups of flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Cut in 1/2 cup of butter until the mixture is crumbly. Stir together the egg with the cream and gently mix into the flour until a soft dough has formed. Press into prepared baking dish. Layer the apples into the dish overlapping, in neat rows. Prepare streusel by mixing the brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over apples.
• Bake in preheated oven until apples have softened, and topping has browned, about 25 minutes.

MOM'S FAVORITE JEWISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Mix 5 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Add apple slices and toss to coat.
• Mix flour, 2 cups sugar, oil, orange juice, eggs, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract together in another bowl and beat until smooth and thoroughly blended. Batter will be thick.
• Place 1/2 of the batter in the prepared tube pan. Top with 1/2 of the apple slices. Add remaining batter to the pan, and neatly arrange remaining apple slices on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 1 hour. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

SYRIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Stir first 3 ingredients together and let stand one hour.
• Sift together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; pour over apple mixture. Stir in pecans or walnuts. Pour into greased, floured Bundt pan.
• Bake at 350° for one hour or until pick comes out clean.
• Frosting: Mix all ingredients together by hand and pour over cooled cake.

PERSIAN STYLE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix eggs and sugar with a food processor until soft. Stir in the flour, the cornstarch and the baking powder to soft dough.
• Cover your square mold of 30 to 40 cm with baking paper and smear your dough.
• Bake 12 minutes at 180°C (heat and timing are basing it on convection oven).
• Mix the apples, with rosewater, sugar and raisins. Heat in the microwave until hot (it takes about 8-10 minutes). You can do it in a pan too.
• Mix the water with the starch well in a glass and add to the apples mix.
• Heat again until it thickens. And spread the apple mix on the baked dough.
• Prepare your chocolate frosting as indicated by the instructions and brush it on the apples mix.

NORWEGIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Stir in apple and walnuts. Spread into an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar if desired. , Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

ROMANIAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Cut apples into 1 inch wedges. Set aside.
• In large bowl whisk together eggs and sugar until blended.
• Mix in baking soda,oil, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Stir in flour, just until moistened.
• Fold in apples and walnuts.
• Pour batter into 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes.

BLUE RIBBON APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour, 2 cups sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, oil, orange juice and vanilla; add to flour mixture and mix well. , In a bowl, toss apples with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Spread a third of the batter into a greased 10-in. tube pan. Top with half the apples. Repeat layers. Carefully spread remaining batter over apples. , Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, butter, eggs and water.
• When fluffy, stir in coconut, half of the sliced apples and cinnamon.
• Pour batter into a greased 11X9" baking dish.
• Top with remaining apple slices Bake at 350* for approx 40 minutes. **edited to add, when I finally made this , I still had dough in the center, so cooked for an additional 10 minutes. I would start at the 40 minute mark and check it since ovens vary so much.

JEWISH APPLE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan. Combine the ground cinnamon and 5 teaspoons of the sugar together and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and 2 cups of the sugar. Stir in the vegetable oil, beaten eggs, orange juice and vanilla. Mix well.
• Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with 1/2 of the sliced apples and sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Pour the remaining batter over the top and layer the remaining sliced apples and cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 70 to 90 minutes.

GRANDMA RUBY'S APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix first four ingredients than the rest. Batter will be thick.
• Spread into 8" or 9" square cake pan that has been greased and floured. Bake @ 350* for about 50-60 minutes until center comes out clean on a toothpick. Cool and serve with dollop of whipped topping.