Apple & Almond Cake
Almonds are loaded with health benefits. They’re a good source of healthy fats, fibre, protein & Vitamin E, so adding them to a cake is a great idea.
Prep Time:
20mins
Cook Time:
1hr 20mins
Serves:
8
Great For:
Grown Up Entertaining
Not Suitable for Freezing
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Ingredients
- 2 granny smith apples
- 2 squeeze of lemon juice
- 175 g caster sugar
- 175 g unsalted butter
- 3 medium eggs, separated
- 125 g ground almonds
- 50 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp baking powder, sifted
- icing sugar for dusting
Method
- Peel, quarter and core the apples. Slice two of the quarters very thinly, toss with a squeeze of lemon juice in a bowl and set aside.
- Slice the remaining apple quarters more thickly and cut the slices in half, place in a bowl, add a squeeze of lemon juice and a tablespoon of the sugar, then toss to coat.
- Set aside for ten minutes while you prepare the cake mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas Mark 2 and butter a 20cm springform cake tin with a removable base.
- Cream the butter and remaining caster sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg yolks, then incorporate the ground almonds, almond extract and the baking powder, working the mixture as little as possible.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- Stiffly whisk the egg whites in another bowl and fold into the cake mixture.
- Add any juice from the thickly sliced apples, then drain the slices thoroughly on the kitchen paper and gently fold into the mixture.
- Transfer to the prepared cake tin and smooth the surface. Drain the finely sliced apples and arrange on top of the cake.
- Bake for roughly one hour 20 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Run a knife around the edge of the cake, and leave to cool in the tin for several hours before transferring to a wire rack and dusting with icing sugar.
