Dutch apple cake

Serves: makes 1x 23cm/9 inch traybake

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Source: YOU magazine 23Sep2012 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2206189/Recipe-Dutch-apple-cake.html

Ingredients:

400g-14oz cooking apples

125g 4 oz unsalted butter diced

125g 4½ oz golden caster sugar

1 medium egg

I tsp vanilla extract

175g/ 6oz 1 Plain flour

2 heaped tsp baking powder

175ml/ 6fl oz whole milk

25g/ 1oz demerara sugar

ground cinnamon for dusting

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and butter a 23cm/9in square x 4cm/1 1/2 in deep brownie tin. Peel, quarter and core the apples and slice thickly across.

Cream the butter and sugar together in a food processor, then incorporate the egg and vanilla extract. Sift together the flour and baking powder, add half of this to the butter mixture and incorporate, then add half of the milk, then repeat with the remaining flour and milk.

Smooth half the mixture in a thin layer over the base of the tin, lay half the apple slices on top. and then repeat. Scatter over the demerara sugar and dust with a little cinnamon. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden and risen and a knife inserted comes out clean. Run a knife around the edge and leave it to cool before cutting into squares. This is best the day it is made and is also good for pud, eaten warm, as well as at teatime.