Bath Bramley apple cake

Ingredients:

• 225g/8oz Bramley apples, peeled and cored
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 25g/1oz demerara sugar
• 350g/12oz self raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 150g/5oz butter or margarine
• 150-170g/5-6oz caster sugar
• 2 eggs

• 120ml/8 tbsp milk
   

          For the topping:

• 25g/1oz demerara sugar
• pinch ground cinnamon
   

Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.Line 20cm/8in cake tin with baking parchment or greased greaseproof paper.Blend cinnamon and demerara sugar and coat diced apple with mixture. Sift flour and baking powder into mixing bowl. Rub in butter or margarine, add caster sugar, beaten eggs, milk and apples.
Blend thoroughly then beat with a wooden spoon. Spoon into a cake tin, spread flat on top and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Bake for approximately 1¼hours/75 minutes, or until firm to touch. If the cake is becoming too brown on top, reduce heat to 160C/325F/Gas 3 after 1 hour.
 

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