Apple cake
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
70
MINUTES
CUISINE
COURSE
Baking
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C, line an 8-inch round, loose base or spring-form, cake tin with parchment. Sieve the flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar until turning pale, slowly add in the eggs and then the flour.
Spread just over half of the cake mixture into the tin, using a wet knife if you wish.
On top of this spread the grated apple (do not press it into the cake mixture), then top with the rest of the mixture.
Lay the apple slices on top of the cake batter and sprinkle with the cinnamon, and add a sprinkle of the golden caster sugar as well if you wish.
Bake for an hour to an hour and 10 minutes. If the apple slices start to brown too much place a cover over the cake as it is baking.
Allow to cool in the tin until it is cool enough to handle and then place on a wire rack.
Ingredients
225g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder, sieved
225g butter, softened
210g golden caster sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp ground cinnamon
200g apples, cored, peeled and grated and another 200g cored, and sliced
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C, line an 8-inch round, loose base or spring-form, cake tin with parchment. Sieve the flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar until turning pale, slowly add in the eggs and then the flour.
Spread just over half of the cake mixture into the tin, using a wet knife if you wish.
On top of this spread the grated apple (do not press it into the cake mixture), then top with the rest of the mixture.
Lay the apple slices on top of the cake batter and sprinkle with the cinnamon, and add a sprinkle of the golden caster sugar as well if you wish.
Bake for an hour to an hour and 10 minutes. If the apple slices start to brown too much place a cover over the cake as it is baking.
Allow to cool in the tin until it is cool enough to handle and then place on a wire rack.
