Almond Apple Cake

Ingredients

• Melted butter, for greasing
• 100g unsalted butter
• 110g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 50g (1/3 cup) plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g almond meal
• 2 Golden Delicious apples
• 1 tbs apricot jam, for glazing

Method

1. Preheat oven to 170°0. Brush a 20cm springform pan with the melted butter to grease. Line the base of the pan with non-stick baking paper.
2. Beat the unsalted butter and caster sugar in a bowl with electric beaters until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together the plain flour and baking powder, then stir in the almond meal. Fold dry ingredients into the butter mixture with a large metal spoon to combine.
3. Peel, quarter and core the apples. Cut each quarter into thin slices. Carefully fold 3/4 of the apple slices into cake batter with a large metal spoon. Spoon the mixture into prepared cake pan. Smooth the surface and then arrange the remaining apple slices on top. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before removing the outside of the pan.
4. Place the apricot jam in a small saucepan and stir over low heat until melted. Strain and then brush over the top of the warm cake with a pastry brush. Set cake aside to cool.