180g Butter, keep at room temperature
Grated zest of 1 lemon
140g Sugar
3 Eggs, lightly beaten
210g Self raising flour, sifted
100ml Milk
1 tsp Vanilla essence
2 Green apples, peeled and quartered, soak in salted water before slicing
Method:
- Beat butter, zest, vanilla essence and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, until well combined. This should take about 3 minutes.
- Fold in the sifted flour and milk alternately until well mixed.
- Place batter into a lined 20 cm cake tin.
- Place apples round side up on top of cake batter.
- Baked in a preheated oven at 180C for about 40 minutes. Remove from oven.
- Brush with apricot jam while cake is still hot. (1 tbsp hot water + 2 tbsp apricot jam)
- Serve warm.
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