Passover Apple Cake

My mother, Faye Grant, has been making this apple cake for her Seders for years. It’s the best apple cake you’ll ever taste!!

Original recipe makes 12 servings

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups matzo meal
1/2 cup potato starch
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
8 large apples – peeled, cored and sliced
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  • PREP

    20 mins

  • COOK

    45 mins

  • READY IN

    1 hr 5 mins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C and grease a 9×13 inch glass baking dish.
  2. Combine eggs, oil and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer. Stir in matzo meal, potato starch and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
  3. In a separate bowl, toss apples with brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Layer half of the dough into the prepared 9×13 inch dish. Pour the apples into the dish then pat remaining dough over the apples. Sprinkle with some brown sugar, if desired.
  5. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 426 kcal
Carbohydrates: 63.8 g
Cholesterol: 35 mg
Fat: 19.6 g
Fiber: 4.1 g
Protein: 3 g
Sodium: 16 mg