Apple Raisin Cake

Here is another recipe from the blog, Kitchen Stories.

We love apples and baking with apples.  This recipe appealed to me because of the meringue that  is incorporated making it light.

Ingredients
3 apples
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
1 cup raisons
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
2 eggs, separated
1/2 cup milk
zest of one lemon
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions
Wash, peel and cut the apples in half.  Place them in water with lemon juice.

Beat the egg whites until stiff

In a separate bowl, beat the white sugar with the butter and gradually add the yolks one at a time

Add the lemon zest

Mix the salt, baking powder, yeast and flour and sift into a bowl.  Mix with the milk using a spatula until combined.

Pour half of the cinnamon into the mixture

Carefully fold in the egg whites

Then fold in the raisins and the vanilla

Pour the mixture into a greased bundt pan

Remove the apples from the water and cut into 1/4 inch slices

Place the slices apples vertically into the dough in a circle, pushing the apples into the dough

Butter the apples and sprinkle with he brown sugar and the rest of the cinnamon

Bake for one hour at 350 degrees