Cakes Recipes - Apple Crumble Cake

Ingredients

For the topping

• 75g self raising flour

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 40g butter

• 25g caster sugar

For the base

• 50g butter, softened

• 75g caster sugar

• 1 size 3 egg, beaten

• 115g self raising flour, sifted

• 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced

• 50g sultanas

To decorate

• 1 read dessert apple, cored, thinly sliced and tossed in lemon juice

• 25g caster sugar, sifted

• pinch of ground cinnamon

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven 180.C/350"F/Gas4. Grease a deep 18cm/7in springform tin, line the base with greaseproof paper and grease the paper.

2. To make the topping, sift the flour and cinnamon into a mixing bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs, then stir in the sugar. Set aside.

3. To make the base, put the butter, sugar, egg and flour into a bowl and beat for 1-2 minutes until smooth. Spoon into the prepared tin.

4. Mix together the apple slices and sultanas and spread them evenly over the top. Sprinkle with the topping.

5. Bake in the centre of the oven for about 1 hour. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack and peeling off the lining paper. Serve warm or cool, decorated with slices of red dessert apple and caster sugar and cinnamon sprinkled over.