Farmhouse Apple Cake

Everyone has their own version of the Apple Cake it is just a cake that has apples, brown sugar and sometimes cinnamon. The apple can be in the cake, on top, both on top and in the cake; it’s entirely up to you.

225g cooking apples, peeled, chopped, but remember to slice some for the top Juice of ½ lemon 225g plain flour 1½ teaspoons baking powder 115g butter, diced 165g dark brown sugar (use 50g of this for the topping) 1 egg beaten 2–3 tablespoons milk ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F (gas mark 4).

Grease and line a 7″, round cake tin.

Toss the apple with the lemon juice and set aside. Sift the flour and baking powder together then rub in the butter, until the mix resembles breadcrumbs.

Stir 115 g of the sugar, the apple and the egg, mix well, adding a little of the milk at a time to make a soft doughy mix.

Transfer into your tin.

In a bowl, mix the 50g of soft brown sugar, sliced apple and cinnamon, arrange on top of the cake mix.

Bake for 45–50 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.