Irish apple cake

Ingredients

• 300 g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 125 g cold butter
• 120 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 dl milk
• 600 g tart apples
• 2 tbsp sugar for topping
• vanilla custard to serve

Method

1. 1Heat oven to 180°C and grease a 24 cm tin. Mix flour, baking powder and cinnamon and rub in butter.
2. 2Stir in sugar. Peel and chop apples into small pieces and fold in.
3. 3Whisk eggs and milk, stir into a thick batter and spread in tin. Sprinkle with topping sugar.
4. 4Bake for 45–55 minutes until cooked through; a skewer should come out without wet batter. Cool slightly and serve with custard.