Cake with Whole Apples

Description
In Romanian: Prajitura cu mere intregi

Ingredients

 * 12 medium apples
 * 1½ cups sour cream
 * 5 tablespoons sugar
 * 6 eggs
 * 3 heaping tablespoons flour
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
 * vanilla flavored confectioner's sugar
 * butter and flour to grease and dust the pan

Directions

 * 1) Peel and hollow the apples, remove seeds and replace them with sour cherries from preserves.
 * 2) Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Whip the egg whites to soft peaks.
 * 3) Mix the yolks with the sugar and vanilla, add the sour cream and then gradually (like a rain) add the flour and mix well.
 * 4) Finally, add the whipped egg whites and apples.
 * 5) Mix gently.
 * 6) Arrange the apples in the pan and pour the mixture over them; bake and serve warm.
 * 7) Butter a pan, dust well with flour and pour the mixture in.
 * 8) Bake at medium heat until done.
 * 9) Serve warm sprinkled with vanilla flavored confectioner's sugar.