Apple Pie-Cake with Super Thin Slices

Slice apples

Peel and core 4-5 apples and cut into super thin slices with a potato peeler or mandoline.

Preserve apples

Drizzle sliced apples with the juice of half a lemon and mix well with spatula to keep them fresh looking.

Prepare pan

Prepare springform pan with parchment on bottom and oiled or buttered sides.

Preheat oven

Preheat oven to 360°F.

Beat eggs and sugar

Place eggs, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat well with a mixer.

Add wet ingredients

Add the milk, lemon zest, and 1 2/3 tablespoons melted butter and beat some more.

Add dry ingredients

Mix baking powder into flour, then sift that dry mix slowly into the liquid mix as you continue to beat with electric mixer. Don't add flour faster than liquid is accepting it. This will result in a very thin batter about the consistency of heavy cream.

Coat apples in batter

Add the apples to the batter in portions so that each slice is covered in the batter.

Fill pan

Put the apples with batter into the springform pan in portions so that there are no air pockets. Press gently down to assure a solid layer of apples.

Add toppings

Drizzle the top with 2 tablespoons melted butter and garnish with mixture of cinnamon and nutmeg, or even 5-spice. Top with almond slivers if desired.

Bake

Bake for 60 minutes at 360°F.

Serve

To serve, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.