Peel 2 apples and cut them into cubes, sprinkle with cinnamon and the juice of half a lemon and put apart

Cut the other 3/4 apples in slices and sprinkle them with the juice of the other half of lemon and put a part   This allows them not to oxidize and turn dark (they will be used for decoration).

Beat the two eggs and the sugar with an electric mixer for a few minutes at medium speed

Add the soft butter (not cold from fridge) (You should leave the butter for 15 min. outside the fridge or put it for a few seconds in the microwave)

Continue beating 

Add the grated lemon peel

Add the milk

Add the flour, cornstarch, a pinch of salt and cinnamon

Finally, add 1 teaspoon of baking powder and the diced apples left aside at the beginning Mix everything with a wooden spoon to make it all homogeneous

Pour it into a cake pan (24 cm) previously greased with butter and dusted with flour (in this way it won’t stick)

Heat the oven on static mode at 180 °C  (356 °F)

With the sliced ​​apples, form a circle starting from the outside edge and gradually complete the rose decoration

Sprinkle the surface with granulated sugar and cinnamon

Bake for 45-50 min until the surface is golden  Once taken out of the oven, let it cool down and then sprinkle with powdered sugar

mix 125 gr of water, 50 gr of sugar and 8 gr of cornstarch in a small pot

heat until boiling

brush the gelatin that you have made on the surface