British Apple Cake

The ingredients

Everything in a bowl!

What it looks like before the apple goes in

sprinkled with sugar and lemon zest before it goes in

Ingredients:

Serves 6 | 30 min prep & 1 hour cook time | Approx 615 calories per serve

Ingredients

• 200 g/7 oz of butter softened

• 200 g/7 oz soft brown sugar

• 200 g/7 oz self-raising flour

• 1 1/2 tsp ground mixed spice

• 4 eggs beaten

• 4-6 small apples like gala or granny smith peeled and diced

• Demerara sugar for sprinkling over the top

• Grated lemon zest for garnishing

Instructions:

Step 1: Prepare the apples

• Core and chop the apples and preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Step 2: Mix the flour

• Mix the ground mixed spice with the flour.

• Place all of the ingredients, except the apple, into a large bowl or food mixer and beat together for 2–3 minutes until well mixed.

Step 3: Bring the mixture together

• Add the 4 diced apples and stir into mix.

• Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared pan and arrange the sliced apples over the top before sprinkling some Demerara sugar and grated lemon zest over the top of the cake and apples.

Step 4: Bake in the oven and enjoy the smells!

• Bake in the oven for 55–60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes before turning out on to a wire rack; allow to cool completely before slicing and serving.