Apple cake
1/2 cup Sitia Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 cup sugar 5 eggs 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon and clove 1 teaspoon baking soda juice of 1 lemon 3 tablespoons brandy 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 1/4 lbs apples, cut into thin slices 2 grated pearsPreheat oven to 350° F.
Prepare the mixture: Beat the olive oil with sugar and continue with cinnamon and clove powder, egg yolks, baking soda diluted in lemon juice, baking powder diluted in brandy, flour and finally the egg whites beaten stiff. Combine carefully and pour half the mixture in an oiled baking tin. Place the fruit on top and pour the rest of the mixture on the fruit. Bake in the oven for almost an hour.