Ingredients for the cake:
melted butter and fine bread crumbs for the baking pans
1/2 apple, peeled and diced
1 pear, peeled and diced
1/4 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped
grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur
1- 3/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 teaspoon cloves
generous 1/4 cup almond flour
3 eggs
2/3 cup sunflower oil
1- 1/4 scant cups sugar
1/3 teaspoon salt
Ingredients for the crumble:
1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
7 ounces cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
Method for the cake:
Preheat oven to 340°.
Grease two small loaf pans and then sprinkle with fine bread crumbs
Mix the apple, pear, walnuts, lemon zest and Amaretto. Set aside.
Sift together the dry ingredients, including the almond flour.Separate two eggs and mix the two yolks with the whole third egg. Beat the sugar and sunflower oil for about a minute. Add the 2 yolks and the whole egg. Add the dry ingredients, followed by the fruit mixture. Stop the machine as soon as everything is incorporated.
Beat the eggs whites with the salt until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter carefully. Divide into the two loaf pans and top with the crumble. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Method for the crumble:
Mix the flour, sugar and butter together in a bowl only until the butter is incorporated. If you beat it too long, it will turn into dough.
By Moveable Feasts.
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You can see the recipe here: moveablefeastscookbook.blogspot.com
