Irish Apple Cake

 

Ingredients

3 cups cake flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1 stick 1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

3-4 Granny Smith apples

2 large eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 tbsp granulated sugar for topping

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Spray 8 or 9″ round baking pan with cooking spray (I like Bakers Joy for cakes).
3. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, nutmeg & cinnamon in large bowl.
4. Using pastry cutter- cut butter into dry mixture until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
5. Add sugar & mix through.
6. Peel & slice apples into thin wedges & toss in flour mixture – coating apples.
7. In a separate small bowl – beat eggs & milk – add to apple mixture.
8. Toss & stir well to fully moisten flour. Should result in a very sticky dough.
9. Transfer to prepared pan.
10. Flatten top of surface & sprinkle with remaining sugar.
11. Bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick test is clean.
12. Cool on wire rack.

~ Gina Kleinworth