Apple cake

Urgh, February is being a drag already isn't it? It has become comfort food central for me, after the healthy eating of January goes out of the window. I love warm desserts in the winter and there is nothing better than the combination of apple & cinnamon. 

When I was asked by Baking Mad to try out a recipe of theirs, I toyed with some cupcake recipes but instead decided that a nice stodgy cake was what I was in the mood for so looked at the cake recipes and found this recipe for Bramley Apple Cake. It's a really easy tray bake that was yummy straight from the cake tin or even better the day after covered in loads of custard. 

The recipe itself was really easy - just throw everything into the bowl and mix! The most fiddly part was preparing the apples. I didn't have any bramley apples so just made do with some cox's I had lurking in the fridge waiting to be used. I am sure it will be even more delicious with bramley apple's and some cinnamon mixed in with the sugar sprinkled on top. 

Ingredients

3 apples

1 tbsp lemon juice 

225g butter, softened

4 eggs

350g self raising flour

2 tsp baking powder

225 golden caster sugar

Demerara sugar to sprinkle

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F.Gas mark 4.
2. Grease and line a rectangular 27cm x 20cm baking tin with parchment paper.
3. Peel, core and slice the apples into a bowl. Add the lemon juice and set aside until ready to use.
4. Place the butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and beat until smooth and fluffy.
5. Spoon half the cake mixture into the prepared tin and top with the apples. Spoon over the remaining mixture.
6. Sprinkle with the Demerara sugar.
7. Bake for 45-50 minutes until golden brown and springy to the touch. Leave to cool before turning on to a cooling rack and cutting into squares to serve.

There are so many yummy recipes on the Baking Mad website that I want to try now, including the key lime cupcakes recipe, yum. There is also currently a competition on the website to win a gorgeous Kenwood stand mixer! 

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