Apple Tea Cake
The tender, moist crumb, and spicy flavour will have all who try it coming back for seconds!
Preparation Time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
- 90g unsalted butter, softened
- ⅓ cup icing sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- ½ cup Irwin Valley Lupin Flour
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon natural vanilla essence
- ¼ cup apple juice concentrate
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 extra teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 sweet apple, cored & thinly sliced
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (conventional heat).
- Cream together butter & icing sugar until white in colour.
- Add beaten egg & mix well.
- In large mixing bowl, sift together flours, cream of tartar, bicarb soda, cinnamon & allspice.
- In a separate bowl, mix milk, vanilla & apple juice concentrate.
- Add liquid mix & dry mix alternately to creamed mixture, stirring to combine after each addition.
- Line a 20 cm round cake tin with baking paper.
- Spoon mixture in & top with slices of apple.
- Mix brown sugar & extra cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of apple.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean from the centre, and the edges begin to pull away from the tin.
- Best enjoyed while warm.
- When cool, leftovers may be stored in an airtight container.
Notes & tips
- Try a fruit jam, thinned with water as a glaze instead of cinnamon & sugar.