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Apple Cake @Masdaugustine

Apple Cake

Apples are centre stage in this tea or breakfast cake.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gr Apples (Granny Smith or similar)
  • 3 eggs
  • 25 gr Ground Almonds
  • 225 gr Butter
  • 200 gr Castor Sugar
  • 25 gr Vanilla Sugar
  • 225 gr Self-raising Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • Butter for greasing the tin
  • lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 160C (fan assisted).
  • Line the bottom and sides of a 24cm loose bottom cake tin with baking parchment.
  • Peel and core the apples.
  • Chop into cubes and toss in the lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown.
  • Set aside.
  • Whisk the butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl until thick, pale and creamy.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
  • Sift together the flour and baking powder and fold gently into the mixture.
  • Gently stir in the ground almonds and chopped apple and mix thoroughly.
  • Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin.
  • Bake in the centre of the oven for 1 hour.
  • Check the cake after 30 minutes and, if it is becoming too brown, place a piece of tin foil or baking parchment loosely over the top.
  • After one hour, check to see if the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer into its centre – it should come out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.
  • Serve cold on its own for tea or breakfast, or warm with crème fraiche, mascarpone or vanilla ice cream, as a delicious dessert.

Notes

*I use vanilla sugar in this recipe but, if you can’t find any, use a tsp of vanilla essence and 225g of castor sugar.
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