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Bulgarian grated apple and walnut cake

Bulgarian grated apple and walnut cake

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A simple Bulgarian cake: eggs beaten with sugar, flour, grated apples, walnuts, vanilla, and cinnamon, baked on a bed of butter and sprinkled with powdere…

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Recipe from Nk, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Bulgarian apple cake (yabalkov sladkish) can be made in just a few minutes, without a food processor. The grated apples keep it moist, the walnuts add a nice crunch, and the butter spread at the bottom of the pan gives it a delicious aroma.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$14.85 $1.86 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.28
  • $1.60
  • $0.19
  • $0.40
  • $0.09
  • $5.51
  • $0.58
  • $5.79
  • $0.11
  • $0.30

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease and line a baking pan with parchment paper, then spread the butter evenly over the paper.
  2. Beat the eggs with the sugar until the mixture becomes pale.
  3. Add the sifted flour twice, the yeast, the chopped walnuts (reserve a handful), the grated apple, the vanilla, and the cinnamon, and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  4. Pour, spread the dough over the butter, and sprinkle with the remaining walnuts. ≈ 2 min
  5. Bake in the oven for approximately 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  6. Let it cool, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.

The bill

Bulgarian grated apple and walnut cake

  • ½ block of butter (approximately 60 g), at room temperature$0.28
  • 4 eggs$1.60
  • 1 cup of sugar (approximately 200 ml)$0.19
  • One full cup of flour$0.40
  • 1 package of baking powder$0.09
  • 1 cup of chopped walnuts$5.51
  • 1 cup of grated apple$0.58
  • 1 sachet of vanilla powder (or vanilla sugar)$5.79
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon$0.11
  • powdered sugar$0.30

Total$14.85

that's $1.86 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • ½ block of butter (approximately 60 g), at room temperature
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup of sugar (approximately 200 ml)
  • One full cup of flour
  • 1 package of baking powder
  • 1 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup of grated apple
  • 1 sachet of vanilla powder (or vanilla sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • powdered sugar

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