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Try this recipe for a special holiday cake. The measurements are given in both the metric system used in Romania and in US measure.

Apple Cakes

Ingredients

• 800 ml milk (3 ½ cups)
• 4-5 tablespoon sugar burnt
• 1 kg apple (2 ¼ pounds)
• 5 eggs
• 5 tablespoon sugar
• Vanilla (about 2 teaspoons)
• Cinnamon (about 1 teaspoon)
• Raisins (1/2 Cup)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

1. Put the 4-5 tbsp. sugar in a middle size pot and let the sugar burn.
2. Mix 5 eggs with 800 ml milk and with 5 tbsp sugar
3. When the sugar is caramelized add the combined milk and sugar in the pot and add cinnamon, raisins and vanilla to taste
4. In that milk mixture add 1 kg apple without skin and cut in medium parts.
5. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10-15 minutes until the top is brown.

*To Make a cake by 4 eggs:
If you make with 4 eggs, you have to separate the white part of the eggs from the yellow part.
In a bowl beat the whites until stiff but not dry. In another bowl mix the yellows with 5 tbsp sugar. Mix all that together with 5 tbsp flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Be careful and mix slowly.
Put this batter in the pot after the apples are brown. Bake in a 375 grade oven for 30 minutes or till a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Turn the pot with the cake inside an a large plate.You can decorate with whipped cream.

Submitted by Renata Moca 2003, au pair in Illinois

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