Apple Cake

Name: Apple Cake
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, at room temperature, + 3 tbsp chilled, chopped; 1/3 cup all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup brown sugar, + 2 tbsp; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 3 None cooking apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced; 3 None large eggs, at room temperature; 1 1/4 cups sour cream, at room temperature; 1/2 cup self-rising flour, sifted; None None Vanilla ice cream, to serve

9 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, at room temperature, + 3 tbsp chilled, chopped
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup brown sugar, + 2 tbsp
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 None cooking apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
3 None large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups sour cream, at room temperature
1/2 cup self-rising flour, sifted
None None Vanilla ice cream, to serve

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line base and side of a 9 inch round springform pan with parchment paper. Place chilled butter and all-purpose flour in a bowl then rub with fingertips to make coarse crumbs. Stir in 2 tbsp sugar and half the cinnamon. Add apple and toss gently to combine. Set aside.
2

Using an electric mixer, beat room-temperature butter and 2/3 cup sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one by one, beating lightly after each addition. Beat in sour cream. Using a metal spoon, fold in self-rising flour and remaining cinnamon until just combined.
3

Spoon mixture into prepared pan and level surface. Place apple mixture over surface of cake batter. Bake for 50 mins or until a skewer inserted at center comes out clean.
4

Allow to cool in the pan for 5 mins. Transfer to a wire rack. Serve, warm or cool, with ice cream.