Passover Apple Cake

This recipe works well with Gluten Free Matzo Meal and stevia-based sugar substitute. After reading some of the reviews, I used a spring form pan with single recipe of batter and 5 apples. Finished cake was over 2 inches tall. The two of us ate 40% of it after supper this evening. Next time, I’ll add just a pinch of salt.

Wonderful cake!

The flavor was good, but way too many apples for the amount of dough. After I baked it, I ended up putting it in a gluten free pie crust and it came out much better. Next time, I will try do double the dough or cut the amount of apples in half.

Made this for Seder night. Was excellent. Doubled the batter and used a spring form pan. Everytonevloved it.

I could not fit all the apples into the pan, and only used half. It was still very yummy. I read reviews that suggested using ALL the apples – even though it seems like too many – and may try that next.

Delicious but to fit in a 9 x 13 pan you’ll need to double to recipe. I made 1 as written, then I made 1 using the dough base. Made in a round pan, 1 layer of the dough then I mixed the apples into the remaining dough and added to the pan. Much more moist cake made my way. Good base recipe.

omit nutmeg

RECIPE IS OFF NEEDED TO DOUBLE THE DOUGH RECIPE X 1 BARELY COVERED THE BOTTOM OF THE 9X13 PAN LOTS !!! OF APPLES PROBABLY COULD HAVE CUT BACK ALSO I TOSSED WITH SOME LEMON JUCE TO PREVENT BROWNING ALSO ADDED NICE FLAVOR THE 2ND TIME I MADE THE DOUGH ( FOR ATOP THE APPLES ) I OMITTED THE MATZO MEAL & (DEFINITELY USE MATZO CAKE MEAL I USED THE NORMAL MEAL YOU GET ANYWHERE NOT SEEING ANY OTHER IN 2 STORES ITS WAY TOO COARSE) I USED ONLY POTATO STARCH FOR THE TOP DOUGH & IT TURNED OUT MUCH BETTER I WOLD NOT USE THIS RECIPE AGAIN BUT WOULD SUGGEST USEING COCONUT OR ALMOND FLOUR & DITCH THE MATZO MEAL

I could not find potato starch, so I used tapioca starch. I used honey crisp apples. And I had to double the amount of dough, as other reviewers suggested. But it tasted great, and my co-workers loved it! (And I am not much of a cook/baker.)

This was pretty good for a Passover recipe. I followed the recipe as written except i doubled the batter as other had suggested and it came out really well. My MIL has a Passover birthday this year (and doesn’t like chocolate cake) so I made this and to make it a little more special I made a caramel sauce that I used to frost it. The caramel sauce frosting really helped with the inevitable matzah taste in the batter and made it look more like a Birthday cake. Thanks for a great recipe

I did double the batter as other reviewers suggested. I would also highly recommend it. I did use cake meal in place of the matzoh meal . This cake is not overly sweet and it is easy to make. I also sliced the apples thin. The aroma while baking was heavenly! My husband could not wait to tag into it. We were pleasantly surprised that it was very tasty. This recipe is going to be a Passover keeper!

I made this apple cake for Passover and ended up throwing it out after the 4 of us tried eating it. I was so embarrassed and apologetic. I followed the recipe exactly and ended up with a heavy tasteless cardboard cake. I’ll never take it again.

As Passover desserts go, this is a good one. If you’ve ever made or eaten a Passover cake, you know they are typically dry and minimal on flavor. I followed advice of reviewers and doubled the batter which, I felt, was too much because it is very crumbly and overpowered the apples. I’d try the recipe next time… as it is written (trying my hand at Passover humor). Flavor was good in this cake and though it broke apart easily, it would not be considered dry by Pesach standards. Those who ate this apple cake at the Sedar agreed. Thumbs up! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely wonderful, will definitely make again. I don’t bake and it still came out great. I would love someone to share a version using honey instead of granulated sugar; I looked for conversions but got nervous! I did double the batter as many reviews suggested, which was perfect.

Nope. Just plain nope. Taste might be okay, but the proportions and measurements are so totally off for a cake of this supposed size.

I halved the apples and instead of layering just mixed it all together as it seemed I might not have enough batter. This worked great. The taste was good more like a cobbler but it fell apart when trying to eat it. The next day it was just the opposite and very soggy. The taste is good just not sure about the consistency of it.

I made it for the last days of the holiday and brought it to lunch at a friend’s home. Rave reviews even from my husband that hates Pesach cake. The hostess wanted the recipe as well and the kids gobbled it up too! This is what I did: I doubled the dough (as mentioned prior), used 5 granny smith apples sliced thin. Added 2 tsp’s of Passover vanilla to both the dough and the apple mixture. I also bought a 9 & ¾” springform pan (at Stop N Shop) and layered it in. A good way to pat the dough in the pan is wet your hands, blot on a towel so they aren’t soaking wet and it’s much easier to pat smoothly in the pan. I then topped the cake with sliced almonds, and sprinkled cinnamon as well as passover “vanilla sugar” on top. Recipe is a keeper and I will make again next year!!

First of all the cake tasted great!!!! I made it for our annual Seder and it passed the test with 15 people all sampling it. I was very concerned about the ‘weight’ of the plate. Honestly it felt like it weight a ton when I carried it to dinner. However, it was needless to worry – everyone loved it and it was NOT heavy at all. Okay notes: I took advice and made 1 1/2 times the ‘dough’ which is more like a cake batter and did use Matzoh cake meal and almond flour combined along with the potato starch. I added a tiny bit of lemon juice to the apples. I used a bundt pan instead of a9x13 and baked it a bit longer. The most trouble I had was removing it from the bundt pan but that my fault for not greasing the pan well enough. After removing the cake I did place it under the broiler to give the top a nice crispness and it browned it up nicely as well. Yes this cake feels very very heavy; however when sliced and eaten it is NOT heavy tasting. Nothing but crumbs left and that speaks for itself. It was a nice change from chocolate and coconut desserts and especially from those tasteless store-bought desserts. I will definitely be making this again next year.

This “cake” was inedible and awful. The “dough” is purely matzoh chunks mixed with lots of oil, plus some sugar. For me, it came out hard and chewy, with matzoh bits that jam in the teeth. Differences from other people: 1) I used strawberries rather than apples. I would think that strawberries would be at least as juicy, but perhaps not. 2) Per the comments of many other reviewers, it’s difficult to figure out the “correct” ratio of batter to fruit (except that there’s general agreement that the ratios in the original are not right.) And 3) I used homemade food-processor matzoh meal, rather than store-bought, since (around here at least) all of the matzoh meal sold in the stores (to take one prominent example, the Manischevitz) — says “Not For Passover” on the box.

Now a Passover go to recipe! I used 6 apples (4 granny smith, 1 braeburn and 1 rome). I made one and half times the batter. Not enough to cover the top otherwise. The apples were cut thin (each quarter section cut into three). I am a true believer in more apple variety, the better the flavor and texture. The cake part is nice and moist and crumbly. If I didn’t tell my guest it was a Passover cake they would have not believed me. Absolutely delicious!!!!!!!

Absolutely loved it. I can’t understand the negative reviews… this passover apple cake goes down well and takes me back to my childhood. Regarding the Matzoh meal don’t go overboard on trying to find Matzoh meal. Crush Matzoh crackers, the more you crush the finer it gets. Regarding the potato starch you get quite a lot when you make your potato Latkes, most people throw the stuff down the sink. while it may be a little more effort its the way it was made years ago…Tradition