Saturday, June 5, 2021

Spiced Apple Cake

Makes: 8-10 slices
Takes: 5 minutes
Bakes: 50 minutes

1 large cooking apple
1 eating apple
200g butter, melted
225g light brown sugar
225g self raising flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon caster sugar

1. Line a nine-inch round cake tin with greaseproof paper and heat the oven to 160°C.
2. Peel and core both apples and cut each into 12 wedges.
3. Melt the butter. Place the sugar, flour, cinnamon and baking powder into a large bowl and rub it between your finger tips to get rid of any lumps in the sugar.
4. Fork the eggs in a small bowl to break them up and then add these along with the butter to the dry ingredients, mixing the whole thing quickly together with a spatula.
5. Pour three quarters of the mix into the lined tin and then place the apple segments in a circle, alternating the segments of cooking apple with eating apple; pop any spare segments in the middle of the apple circle.
6. Spoon the rest of the mixture into the middle of the cake tin; don’t try and spread it out to the sides. Sprinkle caster sugar over the top of the cake.
7. Bake for 50 minutes until the top is taught and golden brown. Allow to cool for five minutes before removing from the tin and leaving to cool entirely.

Source: https://life.spectator.co.uk/.../recipe-spiced-apple-cake

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