Wednesday, October 1, 2008

SSB Vanilla Apple Cake



This month we baked this wonderful apple cake. It 's moist, rich, full of flavor and very easy !
Thanks Rosie and Maria for all the sweet and simple bakes you find for us !



Vanilla Apple Cake


Ingredients
250g/9oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
250g/9oz golden caster sugar (or normal caster sugar)
4 eggs, beaten
250g/9oz self-raising flour
1 vanilla pod, split, seeds removed and reserved (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
3 small Bramley apples, peeled, cored and cut into wedges (or any other type of cooking apple, if not apple of your choice)
2 tbsp Demerara sugar
¼ tsp ground cinnamon

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter a 20cm/8inch springform tin, then line the base with baking paper.

Beat the caster sugar and butter together until the mixture turns pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, flour and vanilla seeds, then beat together quickly to make a smooth batter. Tip into the prepared tin, then lay the apple wedges on top, poking them halfway into the mix. Don’t worry if the apples appear crowded – they’ll shrink as they cook. Sprinkle with the Demerara and cinnamon, then bake for 1 hour 5 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean and the sponge is risen and golden.

Leave to cool for a few mins, then release the tin and cool the cake completely on a wire rack.

11 comments:

Jin Hooi said...

Urs looks so good and yummy!! I wonder why mine looks so ugly ;-))

Chawanmushi said...

I must say your cake looks good and the recipe is a keeper :-)

Rosie said...

Hi Natalia your cake looks stunning and many thanks to you for partaking in this months bake :)

Hugs Rosie x

Maria♥ said...

Ciao Natalia! Your cake looks so delicious.

Thanks for taking part in this months bake!

Maria
x

Unknown said...

Wow! Your cake looks stunning and yummy!! Nice TWD rewind, too!!

Ivy said...

Hi Natalia. Your cake looks beautiful. It was a lovely challenge and I loved this recipe.

Snooky doodle said...

this looks so good.

Günther said...

complimenti per la torta magnifica

Unknown said...

your cake looks really awesome..great!!

Shirley said...

Your cake looks so good. Instead of eggs I used baking powder in the dry ingredients and vinegar in the wet ingredients and then mixed them together just before putting the cake into the oven.

Edith said...

This recipe is really good.