 | This buttery, moist apple cake is very easy to make with simple store cupboard ingredients. Other varieties of apple can be used. Hope you enjoy. |
| Ingredients 113g butter at room temp 100g caster sugar 2 eggs at room temp 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder 2 tablespoons milk 150g self raising flour 3-4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin slices | For the topping: 90g self raising flour 84g butter cold 100g granulated sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder |
Method
1. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Grease 9 inch spring form cake tin and set aside.
3. Make streusel topping: Combine flour, sugar and cinnamon in a mixing bowl with hand whisk or fork. Rub in cold butter until it resembles course crumbs. Refrigerate while making the cake batter.
4. In a mixing bowl add softened butter and sugar. Beat using processor or by hand until light and fluffy.
6. Beat in the eggs one at a time and then scrape side of bowl with spatula.
7. Stir in milk followed by flour and cinnamon.
8. The cake batter will be thick. Spoon this into prepared tin and smooth top flat with spatula.
9. Arrange apple slices in even layers on the batter.
10. Sprinkle streusel topping over apple layers.
11. Bake the cake in preheated oven for 55 -65 minutes or until browned and firm to touch.Time might vary depending on oven.
12. Remove from oven and cool completely on wire rack.
Once cool remove from tin and with sharp knife cut into 10 slices, less if greedy. Serve with ice cream, creme fraiche or a dusting of icing sugar. Cake will stay fresh for two to three days .
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