Grandma's apple cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
for the pastry
- 200 g flour
- 50 g cornflour
- 2 eggs
- the juice and the zest of one organic lemon
- 2 tsp of raising agent
- 125 g sugar
- 120 g butter
- a pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
for the topping
- 3 apples
- 2 tbsp apricot jam
- 1 tbsp hot water
Method
- STEP 1Pre-heat the oven at 180 C.
- STEP 2In a bowl work the butter to a creamy consistency (an electric mixer would make it easier). Gradually add the sugar, eggs, vanilla essence, salt, juice and zest of the lemon. Incorporate well then add the flour, the cornflour and the raising agent. Stir well and add the milk.
- STEP 3You should get a mixture which falls heavily from the spoon, not to runny, not too thick.
- STEP 4Pour it all in a round cake tin.
- STEP 5Peel and slice the apples into quarters, scrape them with a fork and lay them on the cake.
- STEP 6Put the cake on the lower rack of the oven and cook for about 45 minutes.
- STEP 7Switch the oven off, take the cake out but leave the oven door shut.
- STEP 8Stir the jam with the hot water and when the cake is cooked spread it all over it and put it back into the hot oven for 5-10 minutes.