Austrian Apricot Cake

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Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 45

Total Time: 1 5

Tags: Apricot, cake, Summer

Course: Dessert

Also known as Marillenkuchen, this is a classic Austrian dessert. We love it for its light and fluffy cake with layered sweet apricots baked into the top.

Ingredients

2 cups Flour
4 Eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Salute Santé! Grapeseed Oil Plus some for tray
1 pinch Salt
1 tbsp Baking powder
2 lbs Apricots Pitted & halved
Powdered sugar For dusting

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Slice apricots in half.
Grease a 9” x 11” tray with grapeseed oil and dust with flour.
Whisk eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until creamy.
Add the grapeseed oil, flour, salt, and baking powder to the egg and sugar mixture.
Continue to mix until all dry ingredients are well blended.
Pour the batter into the prepared tray.
Cover the entire tray with the half pieces of apricot.
Bake for 45 minutes until golden.
Dust with powdered sugar.