Sunken apple cake
A simple butter sponge with apple halves sinking into it as it bakes.
1 h 5 min
Ingredients
Cooking for
Recipe serves 12
- Butter (soft)125 g
- Sugar125 g
- Vanilla (optional)1 tsp
- Eggs3
- Flour200 g
- Baking powder2 tsp
- Milk3 tbsp
- Apples4
- Lemons (optional)0.5
- Icing sugar (optional)2 tbsp
Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 26 cm springform tin. Peel, halve and core the apples, score the rounded side several times and drizzle with lemon juice.
- 2
Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy, beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the flour, baking powder and milk. Spread the batter in the tin and press the apple halves in, scored side up.
- 3
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until golden and a skewer comes out clean. Cool and dust with icing sugar.
- 40 min