Apple Tea Cake

Fill the house with the beautiful aroma of freshly baked apple tea cake, then slice and enjoy!

Tastes just like an apple crumble sponge cake!

Valli Little - delicious, June 2004, Page 108
Title image from www.taste.com.au
Preparation time
1.5 hours
Makes
8 servings
Category
Baking
Tags
baking, cake, vegetarian
2
apples
2 Tbsp
lemon juice
2 tsp
cinnamon
250g
caster sugar
250g
unsalted butter
1 2/3 cups
self-raising flour
4
eggs
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a 23cm springform cake pan.
  2. Peel and core apples, then cut into segments. Toss in lemon juice and half the cinnamon, then set aside.
  3. Take 50g each of sugar, butter, and flour, place in a bowl with remaining cinnamon and rub together with your fingertips.
  4. Place eggs and remaining sugar in an electric mixer and beat until very light and fluffy. Melt remaining butter and pour into egg mixture. Sift in remaining flour, then fold in carefully until combined.
  5. Pour into pan, and carefully lay apple slices over top. Sprinkle with crumble mixture and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean.
  6. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.