Apple Tea Cake

By Lee

A light tea cake that can be made when unexpected guests arrive or any time at all.

Ingredients

• 60 g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 apple peeled thinly sliced cored *to decorate
• 1 tsp sugar *to decorate
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg *to decorate

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from bestrecipes.com.au

Preparation

Step 1

STEP 1 Cream butter and sugar and then add egg, beating well.
STEP 2 Add flour and salt alternating with milk and mix until light and fluffy.
STEP 3 Pour mixture into a greased and lined cake tin.
STEP 4 Place thickly sliced apple decoratively on top of cake and sprinkle with the extra sugar and some nutmeg.
STEP 5 Bake at 180C for 30-45 minutes.
STEP 6 Remove from tin when cooked and cool on tray.