Cinnamon apple cake

By Patricia_Scarpin

Ingredients

• 185 g unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups (250g) sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups (280g) all purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
• 1 1/2 Gala apples, cored, in thin slices - don’t peel them
• 1/3 cup jam of your liking, slightly melted if necessary - you may want to use one that matches the fruit color*

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from trembom.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/392ºF; grease and line a 20x30cm rectangular cake pan.

In a medium bowl, sieve together flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Set aside.

Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, fold in the flour mixture and the milk.
Transfer the batter to prepared pan and level the top. Arrange the apple slices on top of the batter. Brush the apples with jam and bake for 30-35 minutes, checking after 25.
Remove from the oven, brush the top of the cake again with jam and let cool in the pan.

* I used Dr. Oetker’s clear glaze, but the apples weren’t so shiny – I should have used apricot jam