Easy Apple Cake Recipe
This delicate and delicious Apple Cake is the perfect autumnal comfort food. With a light cinnamon sponge and apple at its heart, it's a perfect warming treat you can have as either a hearty teatime snack or as a dessert.
Servings: 9
Ingredients
- 150 g Unsalted butter Room temperature
- 150 g Caster sugar
- 2 Eggs Medium, free range
- 200 g Self-raising flour
- 2 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 300g Apples (about x4 apples) Chopped weight | 1cm cubes
For the topping:
- 25 g Flaked almonds
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350F fan.
- Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl.
- Add the eggs, flour and cinnamon and beat until well combined and there are no pockets of flour.
- Fold in the apples by hand.
- Line a 20cm x 20cm square tin with baking paper or parchment. Pour in the mixture, smoothing gently with a spatula. Sprinkle over you flaked almonds.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes (check at 30 minutes).
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Notes
Apples: The 400g/14oz is the unchopped weight, so chopped weight should be about 300g/10.5oz. I use a red skinned eating apple like a Braeburn or Jazz. Pink Lady would also work well. I would avoid using a cooking apple here as they don't hold their shape quite as well. These need to be about 1cm cubed
Butter: I like to use unsalted butter for baking as it is flavourless. If you only have salted it will be fine though. It’s not vital. The butter should be room temperature before using. If your butter comes straight from the fridge, soften it in the microwave for a few seconds
To store: Store the cake in an airtight tin or container for up to 5 days. Don’t store it in the fridge or it will become quite hard. You can freeze this cake. It should be cooked first and completely cooled before freezing. Make sure it is well wrapped in a couple of layers of greaseproof paper for the freezer and defrost it at room temperature before eating.
Serving suggestions: This cake is the perfect tea time treat, but it also makes a delicious dessert served with custard cream or ice cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 422kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 677mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 756IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg