Passover Apple Cake

My mother, Faye Grant, has been making this Passover apple cake for Seder for years. It's the best apple cake you'll ever taste!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 426 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 8 large apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 cup potato starch
• 1.5 cups matzo meal
• 0.5 cup brown sugar, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Grease a 9x13-inch glass baking dish.

Step 3

Beat oil, sugar, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Stir in matzo meal, potato starch, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon until incorporated. Set aside.

Step 4

Toss apples with brown sugar, remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate large bowl.

Step 5

Layer 1/2 of the dough into the prepared baking dish. Pour apple mixture on top, then pat remaining dough over apples. Sprinkle with some brown sugar, if desired.