Apple Sharlotka Recipe (Russian Apple Cake)

This rustic dessert is a great alternative to the traditional apple pie. With a crumbly base and a decadent apple filling, this apple tart won’t last long!

This soft and cozy Apple Sharlotka recipe is here to be enjoyed on those chilly autumn days!

This tart apple recipe is the best thing to happen to the autumn season. No joke! When it’s too cold outside to take evening sunset walks, I like to curl up with a cup of tea, a good book, and this delicious apple sponge cake. The top of the cake is covered in apple slices, with a soft and spongy bottom. The cake batter is so easy to make, you’ll have this Russian sharlotka cake ready to be enjoyed in no time. I like to make it for my own family as often as I can.

Have you got some extra apples at home and don’t know what to do with them? I’ve got the perfect recipe for you: this easy apple cake. It’s an apple pie and upside-down cake put together and it is fantastic. Perfect for those winter nights where you just want to cozy up next to something warm, comfy, and sinfully satisfying. Winner winner, let’s have apple tart after dinner.

Tips To Make The Perfect Sharlotka Apple Cake

Start by mixing your wet ingredients. Then slowly, add in the dry ingredients. The base of this dessert is formed with a batter that looks very much like pancake batter. Start by combining the eggs, sugar, and vanilla before adding in the baking powder and flour. All of these ingredients can be found at the grocery store year round. I recommend using fresh fall apples for any apple desserts.

Try to slice your apples evenly. You don’t want some slices to be overbaked while others are too tough to cut through. Ensuring that all the apple slices are about the same size will result in a uniform texture throughout this light cake.

Grease the bottom of your pan generously. The apples will be on the bottom of the pan and you don’t want them to stick. Trust me, you’ll have a tough time taking the tart out of the pan and it might just break on you. All you have to do is make sure you spray or grease the bottom liberally.

If you follow these tips, I’m sure your apple pound tart will come out beautifully! Bon appetit!

What do I need to make this recipe?

Fresh apples start off the simple ingredients of this cake. The best apples to use would be granny smith apples or golden delicious. These apples bake best.

Eggs add in texture to this Russian cake.

Sugar sweetens up the tart apples and the cake batter.

Flour provides the structure in baked goods.

Vanilla adds a subtle and important flavor to the sponge layer of this basic recipe.

Baking powder lightens the texture of this easy cake.

Powdered sugar (or confectioner’s sugar) is for the topping. You can just sift it on top for best results!

Here are more delicious autumn recipes for this season:

Easy Apple Jam with 2 Ingredients is one of the easiest apple recipes to make!

Quick and Easy Guacamole Dip with Sour Cream is a fun appetizer recipe.