apple & California raisin cake

Prep:

20 mins

Cook:

60 mins

Serves:

10

method:

1

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Grease and base line a 21cm springform cake tin.

2

Toss the apple slices in 2 tbsp sugar and the cinnamon in a large bowl.

3

Whisk together the butter and 200g sugar until pale and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs, 1 at a time.  Mix together the flour and baking powder and fold into the butter mixture.  Stir in half the raisins.

4

Spoon half this mixture into the prepared tin and arrange half the apple slices on top with ¾ of the remaining raisins.  Spoon over the remaining cake mix and arrange the remaining apples on top, scatter over the last of the raisins.  Bake for 50 minutes – 1 hour until golden and a skewer comes out clean.

5

Allow to cool slightly before removing from the tin.

Tip

Perfect served warm with a little whipped cream. Try ground ginger instead of the cinnamon.

ingredients:

  • 2 red apples, cored and thinly sliced
  • 200g caster sugar + 2 tbsp
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 200g butter, softened
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 180g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100g California Raisins

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