Recipes · Russian · Cakes
Sharlotka (Russian Apple Sponge Cake)
One serving has 234 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (23%). Ready in 60 minutes.
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 45 min
- Makes: 1 serving (133 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 19 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 22 g Sugar
- 0.2 g Vanilla extract (or vanilla sugar)
- 19 g Flour, all-purpose
- 70 g Tart apples (such as Antonovka), peeled and cored
- 0.2 g Cinnamon
- 1.5 g Butter, for the tin
- 1 g Icing sugar, to dust
Method
- Heat the oven to 180°C. Butter a 22-24 cm round tin and line the base with baking paper.
- Peel and core the apples, cut them into slices or small chunks, toss them with the cinnamon and spread them in the tin.
- Whisk the eggs with the sugar and the vanilla for 8-10 minutes, until pale, thick and tripled in volume: the batter should fall from the whisk in a ribbon. This air is all that makes the cake rise.
- Sift the flour over and fold it in gently with a spatula, just until no streaks remain.
- Pour the batter over the apples, letting it run into the gaps.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes, until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean; don’t open the oven for the first 25 minutes, or it may sink.
- Leave it to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn it out and dust it with icing sugar. Sharlotka is the apple cake Russian families bake every autumn, eaten warm with tea.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 234 kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 47.5 g | |
| Water | 77 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.3 g | 8% |
| Protein | 4.5 g | 9% |
| Tryptophan | 0.06 g | |
| Threonine | 0.16 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.2 g | |
| Leucine | 0.35 g | |
| Lysine | 0.23 g | |
| Methionine | 0.11 g | |
| Cystine | 0.09 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.23 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.16 g | |
| Valine | 0.25 g | |
| Histidine | 0.11 g | |
| Fat | 3.3 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 1.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.52 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.43 g | |
| Saturated | 1.4 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.01 g | |
| Cholesterol | 73.9 mg | |
| Calcium | 20.3 mg | 2% |
| Copper | 0.06 mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.3 mg | 7% |
| Magnesium | 10.1 mg | 3% |
| Manganese | 0.2 mg | 11% |
| Phosphorus | 66.3 mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 123 mg | 3% |
| Selenium | 12.4 µg | 23% |
| Sodium | 28.5 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.41 mg | 5% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.17 mg | 15% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.2 mg | 18% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.2 mg | 9% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.42 mg | 8% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.07 mg | 5% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 45.9 µg | 11% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.17 µg | 7% |
| Choline | 58.5 mg | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 42.8 µg | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 3.2 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 15.6 IU | 3% |
| Vitamin E | 0.41 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 1.8 µg | 2% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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