The most loved apple pie in Italy is Torta di Mele Italiana — simple, rustic, moist, and full of apples 🍎🇮🇹 It’s very different from American apple pie: no heavy crust, more like a soft cake packed with fruit.
Here is the classic Italian version everyone loves:
Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)
Ingredients
3–4 apples (about 500 g), thinly sliced
2 eggs
¾ cup sugar
⅓ cup oil or melted butter
½ cup milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp cinnamon (optional, but lovely)
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F Grease and flour a round pan.
Prepare apples Toss apple slices with a little lemon juice to prevent browning.
Make batter Beat eggs and sugar until light. Add oil, milk, vanilla, lemon zest.
Add dry ingredients Mix in flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
Fold apples in Gently mix apples into the batter.
Bake Pour into pan and bake 40–45 minutes until golden and set.
