Gingerbread Apple Cake

Name: Gingerbread Apple Cake
Ingredients: 115 g butter, room temperature; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 egg; 1 cup applesauce; 1 1/2 cups self raising flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg; 400 g pie apples; GLAZE; 1 cup icing sugar; 30 ml milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

16 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

115 g butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
400 g pie apples
GLAZE
1 cup icing sugar
30 ml milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions

1

preheat oven to 180 Celsius grease sides and line bottom of 24 cm springform tin.
2

using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.
3

add vanilla, egg and applesauce.
4

with mixer on low, beat in dry ingredients.
5

spoon 3/4 mix into tin and place pie apple across the mix, not quite to the edges.
6

place the rest of the mix in blobs over the apple.
7

cook for approx 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
8

cool in tin for 10 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
9

glaze if desired.
10

GLAZE:
11

mix all together until smooth and spoon over cake.
12

allow to harden.