Ingredients for the cake:
3/4 cup matzo meal (or flour for the rest of the year)
1/4 cup potato starch
1 tbsp kosher baking powder for Passover
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup finely grated yellow summer squash
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tbsp. ground flax seeds mixed with 3 tbsp. water.
Ingredients for the apple filling:
3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup of sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons of chopped, unsalted pistachios
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180°
2. Prepare the cake batter.
Prepare the dry ingredients: in a medium bowl, mix together the matzo meal, potato starch, baking powder and salt and set aside.
3. Prepare the liquid ingredients: in a large bowl, mix the applesauce, summer squash, sugar, orange juice, flaxseed and water.
4. Stir to combine and set aside.
5. Mix the two mixtures: add the dry mixture and mix to obtain a smooth paste.
6. Prepare the cinnamon sugar mixture: in a small bowl, mix the cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar.
7. Assemble the cake and bake: Pour half of the cake batter into a lightly greased cake tin. .
8. Garnish with half of the prepared apple slices.
9. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
10. Spread the remaining cake batter on top.
11. Arrange the remaining apple slices in a pretty pattern on top of the cake.
12. Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture and chopped pistachios.
13. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
14. Serve hot or cold. Serve as is, or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (if it is hot), or with a sprinkle of vanilla sugar powder. .
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