03.01.2007 vonFranz

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„Torta Margherita“ – I was bored at first when I ran down the recipe’s page of the simple sponge cake. But when reading the last phrase: „ … you can also add two peeled and finely diced apples to the dough“. I realized that this could be the basis for a pretty and extremely delicious cake as a dessert, which we could then call „Torta Margherita con mele e la crema di menta“.

Here we go.

Apple bisquit with mint and joghurt creme
Category: dessert, cake
Serves: 1 plate

Ingredients:
3 eggs
300 g yoghurt
200 g sugar
150 ml sun flower oil
450 g all purpose flour
1 baking powder
2 apples (approx. 400 g)

Mint cream:
150 g cream yoghurt
50 ml fresh cream
1-2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 pinch of sugar
1 handful of peppermint leaves
peppermint leaves for decoration
confectioner’s sugar to sprinkle
baking foil or butter

Preparation:
Scramble yoghurt, eggs and sugar. Then add the oil.
Mix flour and baking powder and stir it into the oil mixture until it is a creamy batter.
Peel the apples, dice them finely and add them to the batter.

Now, cover a baking plate of at least 4 cms height with baking foil or coat it with butter.
Fill in the batter evenly.

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees C (180 degrees C when using circulating air) and bake the sponge cake for approx. 25 min. until its surface becomes lightly golden brown.

Meanwhile mince the ingredients of the mint cream in a food processor very finely and add less or more fresh cream, depending on how liquid you prefer it to be.
Portion the lukewarm sponge cake into small cubes, sprinkle them with confectioner’s sugar if you like, decorate with mint leaves and serve them with the mint cream.

I modified the original recipe by reducing the sugar to 2/3 because the apples and the confectioner’s sugar will add some more sweetness.

The lukewarm cake tastes very well but I nearly prefer eating it the next day when it seems juicier and even more refreshing, especially when you portion it into small cubes and serve it chilled as a dessert. A mint parfait will go with it extremely nicely, I assume …

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