Gâteau de Hannouka

Name: Gâteau de Hannouka
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup vegetable oil, plus more for greasing pan; 5 apples (3 Fuji and 2 Granny Smith, or any combination of sweet and tart apples), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 6 cups); Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon; 1/3 cup walnut halves, roughly chopped; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons chopped almonds; 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar; 4 large eggs; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

December 9, 2011

Danielle Fleischmann bakes this apple cake in the same beat-up rectangular pan that her mother used. Known as a “Jewish apple cake” because oil is substituted for butter, it is called gâteau de Hannouka in France. When Danielle makes the cake, she uses very little batter, and half sweet and half tart apples, a combination that makes a really tasty version of this simple Polish cake. Although her mother grated the apples, Danielle cuts them into small chunks. I often make it in a Bundt pan and serve it sprinkled with sugar.

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