How to Bake Apple And Cranberry Torta

Serves: 3-4

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 40 mins

Ingredients needed to make Apple And Cranberry Torta:

For the torta:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 6 tbsp salted butter
• 1 ½ tbsp fresh orange zest
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 2 ¼ cup apples, peeled, cored and diced
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup walnuts, chopped
• Pinch of salt

For the whipped cream:

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tsp cardamom seeds, crushed
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar

Cooking instructions for Apple And Cranberry Torta:

• Warm up your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Toss the pecans into a baking sheet and toast in the hot oven for about 5 minutes or until they brown slightly.
• Meanwhile, place the dried cranberries in a microwave-proof bowl and add a splash of orange juice into it.
• Cook it in the microwave oven briefly for about 15 seconds, until the berries soak in the juice and swells up; set aside.
• Place the flour in a medium bowl and stir in baking powder, ground cinnamon as well as a dash of salt.
• Sift them together in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• Spoon the butter into a separate bowl and whisk it thoroughly with an electric mixer, along with sugar, until it creams into a light, fluffy mixture.
• Crack the eggs, one at a time, and beating them into the mixture after each addition, with the mixer set at moderately high speed, until all of them incorporate to form a uniform, pale yellow mixture.
• Stir in a splash of vanilla extract and fold in the dry mixture gradually at much lower speed.
• Stir in the apples as well as soaked cranberries, followed by the remaining ingredients, until they are distributed evenly throughout the mixture.
• Grease a 10’’ baking dish with small amount of oil or butter and pour the batter into it.
• Smooth out the surface with a spatula and bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the cake tester comes out spotless when inserted within it.
• While the torta bakes, whip the cream with an electric mixer, set at moderate high speed until it fluffs up.
• Whisk in sugar gradually, followed by the crushed spice until they are well combined and the mixture forms soft peaks.
• Remove the torta from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
• Slice and serve alongside a dollop of spiced whipped cream.

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Last Updated on February 25, 2013 by