Dutch Apple Cake

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Dutch Apple Cake

Ingredients

  • 225g Unsalted Butter
  • 225g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Eggs (large)
  • 100g Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 Lemons
  • 225g Ground Almonds
  • handful Toffees
  • tablespoon Milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to Gas mark 4 / 180°c / 350°f
2. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
3. Beat the eggs in one at a time, adding one quarter of the flour with each addition
4. Add the ground almonds and the finely grated zest from the lemons, plus the juice from one
5. Gently fold in with a metal spoon trying not to beat the air out of the mixture
6. Place the batter into a large square pan and level with a spatula
7. Cut the apples into quarters and remove the cores. Cut each quarter into 4 or 5 thin slices
8. Arrange the apple slices in three neat rows across the top of the cake.
9. Bake the cake for 30 minutes before checking it is not getting too brown. If it is, cover loosely with foil, and bake for another 10 minutes
10. Allow the cake to cool completely in the pan then place on a serving plate
11. Melt the toffees with the milk then use a spoon to drizzle over the top of the cooked and cooled cake.

Note

This cake is great for afternoon tea with a cuppa, or as a dessert with cream poured on top. You will find that if you leave it for a day, it will be even nicer.

An alternative is to use pear slices (dipped briefly in lemon juice to prevent browning) and drizzle the cake with melted chocolate.

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