Easy Apple Cake
This easy apple cake is very simple and can be thrown together at a moment's notice with ingredients you already have at home.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup minus 1 tablespoon (200 g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup + 1 ½ tablespoons (200 ml) cooking cream or full fat Greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons (16 g) baking powder
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil I used sunflower oil
- 2 Golden Delicious apples
- cinnamon
- butter
- granulated sugar
- powder sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F (180° C) . Butter and flour a 9-inch (22 cm) pan and set aside.
- Peel, core and cut the apples into thin slices. Place in a large mixing bowl and toss with lemon juice to avoid discoloration. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Add the oil, half of the cream, flour, baking powder, and mix well.
- Add the remaining cream and mix again.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Arrange the apples slices over the top of the batter in a circular pattern.
- Sprinkle the apple slices with sugar, cinnamon and dot with bits of butter here and there.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool before removing from the pan and dust with powdered sugar before serving.
- Enjoy your apple cake!
Notes
Ingredients for a 22 cm / 9 inches pan
*Cooking cream can be replaced by full fat Greek yogurt.
Nutrition
Serving: 96g | Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.8g | Protein: 3.4g | Fat: 8.9g | Saturated Fat: 0.8g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 12mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 17.2g