Apple Streusel Cake -

Apple Streusel Cake

Ingredients

1 cooking apple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon (15 ml) lemon juice
200 g (7 oz) butter
200 g (7 oz) caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
150 g (6 oz) self-raising flour, sifted
75 g (3 oz) plain flour, sifted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
75 g (3 oz) walnut pieces, chopped

Details

Serves: 6

Method

1 Grease and line an 18 cm (7 inch) round springform cake tin.

2 Tbss the apple slices in the lemon juice and set aside.

3 Beat together 150 g (6 oz) of the butter and 150 g (6 oz) of the sugar until light and fluffy.

4 Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the self-raising flour, using a large metal spoon. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin.

5 Rub the remaining butter into the plain flour and cinnamon, until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the remaining sugar and the chopped walnut pieces.

6 Pat the apple slices dry with kitchen paper and arrange on top of the cake mixture. Sprinkle the walnut mixture over the apples to cover completely.

7 Place on the middle shelf of a preheated oven, 190˚C (375˚F), Gas Mark 5, for 30 minutes. Cover with foil and cook for a further 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack and serve, warm from the oven or cold, with cream.

PREPARATION TIME: 25 MINUTES
COOKING TIME: 1¼ HOURS
OVEN TEMPERATURE: 190˚C (375˚F), GAS MARK 5

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