Apple and peach cake
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
CUISINE
Irish
COURSE
Baking
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a 9-inch round spring-form or loose-base tin with parchment.
Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs with a spatula making sure to mix completely. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix them well.
Stir the slivered almonds and the grated apple into the batter and scoop it into the prepared tin. Arrange the apple and peach slices on top. Lightly press them down.
Bake for about an hour, until baked through.
Once cool enough to handle place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Ingredients
225g soft butter
210g soft muscovado sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder, sieved
150g slivered almonds
100g grated apple and 150g of apple slices
150g fresh peaches, sliced
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a 9-inch round spring-form or loose-base tin with parchment.
Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs with a spatula making sure to mix completely. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix them well.
Stir the slivered almonds and the grated apple into the batter and scoop it into the prepared tin. Arrange the apple and peach slices on top. Lightly press them down.
Bake for about an hour, until baked through.
Once cool enough to handle place on a wire rack to cool completely.
