Italian Apple Cake

Ingredients 700 grams of apples 3 eggs 50 grams of butter 300 grams of flour 200 grams of sugar 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 glass of milk Grated rind and juice of one lemon Recipe Peel the apples, cut them in thin slices and sprinkle with the lemon juice. Leave them aside while making the batter. Beat the egg whites until stiff and in a different bowl whisk the egg yolks with the sugar. Combine the two mixtures and mix thoroughly. Add the flour, the lemon zest and the butter cut into cubes then pour the milk and the baking powder into the mixture and beat to get a homogeneous and smooth batter. Stir in the apples and leave a few slices aside to decorate the pie. Butter the baking pan and sprinkle it with some sugar then cover the surface with a few slices of apple Pour in the mixture, sprinkle with more sugar and bake for 30 minutes at 200° C (390°F). When it is ready (insert a thin skewer, a toothpick or a cake tester into the center of the cake and the cake is ready when the skewer comes out clean with no streaks of batter), remove from the oven, overturn it on wire rack and let it cool.