Welsh Cinnamon Cake

  submitted by Kate Packer ...

Ingredients

For the sponge:
8oz flour
 ½ tsp baking powder
4oz caster sugar
4oz butter                                                 
1tsp cinnamon                                         
 milk                                                           
 2 egg yolks

For the topping:
apricot jam
2 egg whites
2 tbsp sugar

Method

1. Whisk these ingredients together to make a fairly stiff sponge mixture
   
2. Preheat oven to 200°C (gas 6)
3. Butter a pudding dish and put in sponge mixture, levelling the top
   
4. Bake 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack
5. Turn oven down to 160° (gas 3)
6. Spread top of the cake with apricot jam
7. Whisk 2 egg whites with the sugar. Pile on cake
   
8. Bake for approx. 20 minutes.