Country-style Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 185 g unsalted butter
• 185 g caster sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 250 g self raising flour
• 150 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 large granny smith apple
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• icing sugar, to sift

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• 2 grease and line a 20cm spring-form tin and sprinkle with flour to coat.
• 3 in a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until creamy.
• 4 add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 sift in the flour and fold in lightly using a large metal spoon.
• 6 mix the milk with the vanilla and stir into the cake mixture.
• 7 spoon the mixture into the tin and level the top.
• 8 peel, core and slice the apple and brush with lemon juice.
• 9 arrange slices on the surface pressing down gently.
• 10 bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
• 11 cool the cake in the tin for about 10 minutes, before turning a wire rack to cool completely.
• 12 dust the cake with icing sugar and serve.