Name: Spicy apple tea cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 200 gram butter, plus extra to grease pan; 2/3 cup caster sugar; 1 lemon, rind finely grated; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup plain flour; 1 cup self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 cup milk; 4 granny smith apples; 2 teaspoon sugar, extra, mixed with 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; glaze; 1/3 cup warmed apricot jam, sieved

Spicy apple tea cake

This old-fashioned treat is easy to make - and quite healthy for a cake! So get baking, then put your feet up with a cuppa.

Serves 8

Prep

15M

Cook

40M

Total

55M

Ingredients

200 gram butter, plus extra to grease pan

2/3 cup caster sugar

1 lemon, rind finely grated

3 eggs

1/2 cup plain flour

1 cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup milk

4 granny smith apples

2 teaspoon sugar, extra, mixed with 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

glaze

1/3 cup warmed apricot jam, sieved

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease and flour cake pan, then place a piece of baking paper in base.

2.Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add rind, then beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3.Sift flours, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg into egg mixture. Pour in milk; stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Pour mixture into prepared pan.

4.Peel apples and cut into halves. Remove cores. With a paring knife, cut thin slits into apples. Arrange apples over top of cake and sprinkle with extra sugar/cinnamon mixture.

5.Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre of cake (not apples) comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and brush with warmed jam. Stand cake in pan for 10 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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