A traditional Russian apple Sharlotka cake with walnuts and extra cinnamon.
In my IP I baked this Apple sharlotka, which is a traditional Russian apple cake that is really loved in our house, and it came out really wonderful. This is one of my absolute favourite cakes! It does remind me of my childhood as my Mum used to bake it all the time when I was a little kid. The taste and textures are really wonderful, it’s one of these cakes that are really soft and moist from the inside with the right amount of tartness from the apples, but it has the most amazing crispy and crackly meringue like top! And this what makes this cake really special!
The recipe is extremely simple, it only takes about 5 minutes to prepare the batter, and about 45 minutes to bake. The traditional recipe calls for a plain apple sharlotka, which is also wonderful, but in my version I added extra cinnamon to the batter, as well as some walnuts and more sugar to the top.
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Apple Sharlotka
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda add a splash of vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup melted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 cups chopped and peeled apples
For the streusel:
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C, line a 8 or 9 inch cake pan with parchment paper and cake round and spray with non stick spray.
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt). Set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar until smooth and creamy, then mix in eggs and yogurt and beat again.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.
- Gently fold in the apples. Then pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
- To make the streusel, in a small bowl combine the streusel ingredients (sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts), and sprinkle mixture over cake batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
- Remove from the oven, and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then remove the cake from the cake pan, and cool on a wire rack completely.
- When cooled, serve as is or sprinkle with powdered sugar, slice and serve.
Nutrition Information
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© Little Sunny Kitchen
Thanks to Redmond for sending me their wonderful multicooker and for commissioning me to create a recipe. As always, all opinions are my own.
Nadia says
The Multicooker sounds really handy! Makes sense to get one gadget that makes multiple things and therefore takes less space! I’ve never heard of Sharlotka cake before, sounds delicious 😀
Kathryn says
Oooh interesting, I would never had thought about baking a cake in something like that!
Diana says
It’s a wonderful gadget that bakes, cooks, steams, fries, and does so many other things for you!
Urvashi says
Oh that looks so easy! I don’t have a multicooker but what a great recipe. Could I follow this and bake it in a normal oven? What temperature?
Diana says
It is really easy and tasty! And the multicooker is a wonderful gadget! You can bake this in the oven for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, temp is 180c. Enjoy!
Jade says
I was expecting the price to be much higher than £149! Sounds like a bargain.
Diana says
The price is reasonable if you think of how many other machines this would replace!
Lukeosaurus And Me says
Well, I really blooming want a multicooker now! I love your video as well, your camera is lovely. 🙂 This recipe looks delicious and easy enough to make! Ray xx
Diana says
Hi Ray, the multicooker is a very useful gadget, I love it and use it all the time! And thank you so much!