I use Granny Smith apples in this milopita recipe, but if you have a favorite apple you prefer for baking, use it.
Ingredients
- apples, peeled and: 5 piece (sliced)
- ½ cups white sugar: 2 piece (divided)
- stick unsalted butter: 0.25 piece (melted)
- brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- raisins: 0.25 cup (optional)
- ½ cups olive oil: 1 piece
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon: 1 piece
- eggs, separated: 5 piece
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- apples: 2 piece (grated)
- baking powder: 1 Tbsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line an 11-inch round baking pan with parchment paper.
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Combine sliced apples, 1/2 cup white sugar, butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl. Mix together gently, being careful not to break apple slices. Pour sugary juice from the apple mixture into the prepared baking pan. Arrange sliced apples on top in a circle. Sprinkle raisins on top of apples and pour any remaining juice over all.
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Combine olive oil and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add egg yolks, flour, grated apples, baking powder, and remaining white sugar. Stir well to combine. Beat egg whites to a light froth in a separate bowl and stir into the olive oil mixture carefully. Pour over the apples in the baking pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cover cake with foil if the top browns before the cake is done baking.
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Remove cake from oven and allow to cool, about 30 minutes. Invert cake onto a serving plate.
