Country Women's Association Irish Apple Cake
From the Country Women's Association Cakes cookbook. Contributed by N. McLeod from Victoria. A simple rustic type of cake. Nice served as a dessert cake with warm custard or ice-cream. You could use a sugar substitute like 'equal' in this cake
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Grease a 20cm round cake tin.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and the sugar.
- Cut in the butter roughly with a knife (do not rub it in).
- Add the apples.
- Stir in the egg and milk to make a fairly stiff mixture. The batter will appear fairly lumpy.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
- Bake for about 1 hour.
- Serve hot with custard or ice-cream.
- This cake can be cooked ahead and reheated in the microwave as needed.
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