Classic Apple & Raisin Charlotte Cake
Simple and quick sweet baking! A wonderful recipe for an airy, fragrant cake with juicy apples and raisins, baked in a regular oven - sure to please and pleasantly surprise with its great taste!
Updated : 17 February, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
4
Chicken eggs
100 grams
Sugar
0.25 teaspoon
Salt
50 grams
Butter
170 grams
Wheat flour
1 teaspoon
Baking powder
4
Apple
50 grams
Raisins
1
Lemon
to taste
Vanilla sugar
to taste
Ground cinnamon
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare the necessary ingredients to make a delicious apple charlotte in the oven.
Step 2
Crack four chicken eggs into a large bowl and add 1/4 tsp salt.
Step 3
Add 100 g sugar and beat with a mixer until a fluffy white mixture forms.
Step 4
Add 50 g melted butter to the bowl.
Step 5
Mix everything together with a mixer.
Step 6
Sift 170 g flour into the bowl in two additions, then add 1 tsp baking powder.
Step 7
Very gently fold the mixture with a spatula.
Step 8
Finely grate the zest of 1 lemon into the batter.
Step 9
Mix everything well.
Step 10
Peel four apples and remove the cores.
Step 11
Slice two apples into thin slices and place them in a deep bowl.
Step 12
Drizzle the sliced apples with lemon juice.
Step 13
Grease the inside of a suitable baking pan with a small amount of butter.
Step 14
Arrange the sliced apples in the pan in a tight layer.
Step 15
For better flavor, sprinkle the apple layer with cinnamon mixed with vanilla sugar to taste.
Step 16
Pour half of the prepared batter over the apples and spread it into an even layer.
Step 17
Cut the other two peeled apples into small random pieces in a bowl and drizzle with lemon juice.
Step 18
Add 50 g raisins that were previously soaked in boiling water.
Step 19
Mix everything well.
Step 20
Sprinkle the apple-and-raisin mixture with cinnamon mixed with vanilla sugar to taste, then mix again.
Step 21
Spread the apple-and-raisin mixture into the pan in another even layer.
Step 22
Pour the second half of the batter over the apple-and-raisin layer, spread evenly, and let the pan stand for 10-15 minutes.
Step 23
After 50 minutes, remove the charlotte baked to a golden crust from the oven and remove the pan.
Step 24
Sprinkle the top with vanilla sugar to taste and as desired.
Step 25
Cook together, cook simply, cook at home the tastiest dishes from accessible ingredients. Enjoy your meal and a cozy tea time!
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