Lord Byron’s apple cake

Name: Lord Byron’s apple cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 kg of cooking apples; peeled,cored and thinly sliced; 150 gr. plain flour; 150 gr. brown sugar; 1/2 glass of milk; pinch of salt; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 eggs; 50 gr. butter; zest and juice of a lemon; 50 gr. walnuts or almonds; 50 gr. raisins; cinnamon

Published on October 24, 2019 | In Italian | By Monica Cesarato |

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- Prep Time
- 30 Minutes
- Cook Time
- 40 Minutes
- Yield
- 12
- Difficulty Level

Traditional Italian Apple Cake

The famous English poet George Gordon (Lord Byron 1788-1824) lived for a time in Venice when he was forced to leave England for his debts and too many sex scandals.

In Venice it was said that at the Palazzo Mocenigo (where he lived) there were two entrances: one for girls of Castello and another for those of Cannaregio.

Lord Byron spent three years in Venice and even learnt Venetian dialect. He obviously liked Venetian food too .

This is such an old recipe that nobody in Casa Boschieri (where this recipes comes from) in Venice remembers anymore who actually the Cavalier Biron was (obviously Lord Byron).

If you would like to learn to prepare this wonderful easy Traditional Italian Apple Cake recipe from our large range of Italian cuisine recipes, just book one of our cooking classes in our cooking school in Venice.

Ingredients

1 kg of cooking apples, peeled,cored and thinly sliced
150 gr. plain flour
150 gr. brown sugar
1/2 glass of milk
pinch of salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 eggs
50 gr. butter
zest and juice of a lemon
50 gr. walnuts or almonds
50 gr. raisins
cinnamon

Instructions

Heat your oven at 200 degrees, gas mark 6.
Use the juice of the lemon to cover the apple slices to stop them from browning.
Sieve the baking powder, the salt and the flour in a bowl.
Add the eggs, the milk, the oil and 50 gr. of sugar.
Mix well. Grease and flour a spring-form baking tin.
Place 3/4 of the mixture on the bottom of the pan.
Add some slices of apples, a bit of raisin and nuts/almonds, some lemon zest, few spoons of sugar, some cinnamon and few small chunks of butter.
Carry on making layers in the same way.
End with slices of apples and pour on top the remaining mixture.
Cook in the oven for about 30/40 minutes, until the top is nice and golden and crunchy.
Serve with whipped cream or vanilla cream.

Servings : 12
Ready in : 70 Minutes
Recipe Type : Cakes & Desserts
Ingredient : apple, butter, egg, extra virgin olive oil, flour, lemon, milk, raisins, sugar

2 Responses to Lord Byron’s apple cake

Armandi October 9, 2022 at 4:51 am #
The recipe indicates to use 150 grams of sugar.The instuction say to use 50 gr sugar. What to do with the remaing 100 gm of sugar?
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- Monica Cesarato October 9, 2022 at 9:42 am #
  HI, it says: Add some slices of apples, a bit of raisin and nuts/almonds, some lemon zest, few spoons of sugar, some cinnamon and few small chunks of butter. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
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Monica Cesarato

I am a native Italian from Venice, Italy. I am a Food blogger, a Culinary guide in Venice and a Cooking instructor giving cooking classes with Cook In Venice in ...

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