Caramelised Apple Cake

Apple Cake

 

250ml flour                                                                                         2 teaspoons baking powder

Pinch of salt                                                                                        125ml castor sugar

125g butter                                                                                         385g tin sliced pie apples

1 XL egg                                                                                             125ml milk

15ml sugar                                                                                          ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Syrup:

60ml sugar                                                                                          45ml milk

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

 

Cream the butter and sugar until soft and creamy.  Add egg and beat until light and fluffy.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt and fold into creamed mixture alternately with the milk.

Put the mixture into a greased 23cm pie dish and arrange the apple slices on top. Sprinkle with the mixed sugar and cinnamon.

Bake at 180C for about 40 minutes until cooked through.

To make the syrup – boil the milk and sugar together until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Serve warm with cream whipped  with a little icing sugar and a touch of brandy.

You can use 3 fresh apples: peeled, cored and thinly sliced. Cook in butter and about 2 Tablespoons of sugar with a dash of cinnamon until tender and caramalised.