Nonna’s secret apple cake – TORTA di MELE 😋

‘Torta di mele’, as apple cake is traditionally called in Italy, is a classic rustic Italian cake - a speciality of Italian grandmas, who all have their own recipe and will not tell you their secret ingredient.   Well we can here reveal that the secret ingredient is LOVE 💛   INGREDIENTS:   • 1kg | Fiji or Golden Delicious apples • 2 eggs • 2 lemons • 200g | sugar • 200g | plain flour • 100g | unsalted butter • 200ml | oz whole milk • 16g | baking yeast powder • 2g | cinnamon • sea salt • icing sugar for decoration   STEP by STEP:   1. Grate the zest of one lemon and squeeze the juice of two. 2. Melt the butter and set aside to cool down. 3. Sieve the plain flour and the yeast powder and mix them together. 4. Peel and slice the apples, then bathe them in the lemon juice topped up with water to cover. 5. Incorporate 2 eggs with half of the sugar and a pinch of sea sa
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