This rustic apple cake is not only one of the easiest cakes you'll ever make but it is also one of the most scrumptious.
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Ingredients
- 230 g self-raising flour
- 115 g caster sugar
- 4 apples (approximately 500g) cored and roughly chopped
- 1 egg
- 115 g butter softened
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
For the garnish
- 1 tsp butter melted
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170°C.
- Grease and line a 21cm cake tin.
- In a large bowl add all of the ingredients and mix together until well combined and a lumpy, thick batter is formed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and gently smooth the top.
- Place in centre of the oven and bake for 1 hour, checking after 45 minutes, until the top of the cake has a crisp layer and has started turning golden.
- Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before removing from the tin and transferring the cake to a wire rack.
- While the cake is still warm brush the top with melted butter and dust with sugar and cinnamon before allowing to cool completely.
- Serve at room temperature or warmed as is or with your choice of custard, cream or ice-cream.