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
