Description
A delicious Irish apple cake that is great for serving with tea or coffee.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 apples, or more to taste – peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8-1/2×11-inch lasagna dish or roasting pan.
- Sift flour
- baking powder
- and cinnamon together in a bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar together in another bowl using an electric mixer until light and soft. Beat in 1 egg then 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture. Repeat twice more. Fold in two-thirds of the remaining flour. Stir in milk; fold in the rest of the flour.
- Spread 1/2 the batter into the bottom of the prepared dish. Distribute apple slices on top and cover with remaining batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees (163 degrees C). Continue baking until golden brown and firm to the touch
- about 30 minutes more.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 8