Sticky Apple Cake Recipe from The Great British Bake Off: Get Baking for Friends and Family
Sticky Apple Cake
For flavour, use a Bramley apple for grating, then use some showy pink-skinned apples for the topping.
SERVES 8–12
2 pink-skinned apples, cored, halved and thinly sliced
Juice of 1 lemon
1 Bramley apple, peeled, cored and grated
225g unsalted butter, softened
175g light brown soft sugar
100ml maple syrup
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
350g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Demerara sugar, for sprinkling
YOU WILL NEED
30 x 23cm traybake tin, greased, then lined with baking paper
STEP 1
Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/Gas 4. Place the sliced pink-skinned apples in a dish and sprinkle them with lemon juice to stop them turning brown.
STEP 2
Put the grated apple, butter, soft brown sugar, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl and beat together until smooth. Spoon the mixture into the lined tin and level with a palette knife.
STEP 3
Arrange the pink-skinned apple slices in 2 or 3 rows, depending on the size of your apples, on top of the cake batter. Sprinkle generously with Demerara sugar.
STEP 4
Bake for about 45 minutes, or until the cake is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
STEP 5
Remove from the oven and leave the cake to cool in the tin for about 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, peel off the baking paper and leave to cool completely. Cut into squares or bars to serve.
This recipe has been taken from The Great British Bake Off: Get Baking for Friends and Family
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