Apple sauce cake

Here's a twist on an old-fashioned apple tea cake. The apple sauce adds a delicious tang to the batter and makes for a deliciously moist and moreish cake.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter

    (125g)

  • ¾ cup sugar

    (180g)

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 cups plain flour

    (300g)

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 375g jar apple sauce

  • 2 tsp butter

    melted, for topping

  • ½ tbsp caster sugar

    for topping

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

    for topping

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 ring tin
  • 1 baking paper
  • 1 cooling rack

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease a ring tin and line the base with baking paper.
  2. Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Fold through flour, cinnamon and baking powder. Finally, fold through the apple sauce.
  3. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  4. Once cooked, remove cake from tin and place right side up on a cooling rack. Brush the cake with melted butter. Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.
  5. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

Tip
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Variation
You could use a homemade apple puree if you prefer.
Variation
Try adding chopped apple and/or walnuts to the batter before baking.

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