Country apple cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 5 medium eggs
- 200g granulated sugar
- 100ml vegetable oil
- 175g plain flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 5 eating apples, peeled, cored and diced, about 600g
- 1 tsp each icing sugar and ground cinnamon, for dusting
Method
- STEP 1
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 mins. Pour in the oil and stir well to combine.
- STEP 2
Sieve in the dry ingredients and fold through until the mixture is smooth and well combined before adding the apples.
- STEP 3
Carefully pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once the cake is cool, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.
