Recipe

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170 C / Gas mark 3. Brush around 22cm (base measurement) cake tin with melted butter to grease. Line base and side with baking parchment

2. Beat butter, caster sugar & vanilla in a bowl for 8 mins or till pale and creamy (by hand or electric beater). Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition

3. Stir in ground almonds. Add half the flour and half the milk. Use a wooden spoon to stir until well combined. Repeat remaining flour and milk

4. Arrange the apple in a spiral, slightly overlapping, over the base of the prepared tin. Spoon mixture into the tin and smooth the surface

5. Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean

6. Set aside in the pan for 10 mins to cool slightly before turning onto a serving plate

Serve warm with cream or yoghurt

Recipe Tester Notes: The recipe does not say to peel the apples as this provides colour to the top of the cake but is not essential. We thought this worked well when topped with a few Sun Valley Sliced Almonds and lightly dusted with Icing sugar. It is a great, simple cake but we love the idea of spicing it up with a sprinkle of cinnamon or cardamom over the apples before spooning over the cake mix.