Earlier this week, after a disastrous outing with the boys, I visited a newly opened woolies in one of the trendier inner city suburbs (it even has a coffee bar INSIDE the store)! All of the produce looked super fresh, and when I saw large shiny Granny Smith Apples, I had to buy some. Originally I had set out to make apple and cinnamon muffins (which I probably will still do), but when looking through my Margaret Fulton ‘Baking’ book, I decided to try her recipe for Apple Tea Cake instead. This recipe is different to other tea cakes I’ve made in the past – I’ve never whisked egg whites for this kind of cake before. I didn’t have an 18cm round tin, I used my 20cm tin instead and the cake still looked fine.
I’m a sucker for anything with apples in it, and I did enjoy the slice (a very small one) that I tried. Compared to the Apple and Blueberry Cake I have previously made, I think I prefer the apple/blueberry combination better.
1 egg – separated
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup milk
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
30g butter – melted
1 cup self raising flour – sifted
1 apple – peeled, cored and thinly sliced
Topping
1 tablespoon melted butter
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon mixed with 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- Preheat over to 190 degrees and grease an 18cm round tin (I used a 20cm tin)
- Whisk the egg white until stiff, gradually beat in the sugar, then egg yolk
- Stir in the milk, vanilla and melted butter
- Fold the flour carefully into mixture
- Spoon into cake tin and arrange apple slices on the top
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes
- When cooked, turn out and place top side up onto a wire rack. While still hot, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar
Nikki @ The Kids Menu
I love that you are going all the classic recipes this week – this is another of my simple, sweet favs! Oh I really feel like making this now – yum
Sonia Life Love Hiccups
I do love a good Apple Tea cake. Pinning this one thanks Lauren xx
Cupcake Artist
That looks so good! Yum, I want to eat it now
turva81
This looks lovely! And one of the things I love about tea cakes is you don’t need to ice them or wait for them to cool before you ice 🙂
laurenm83
Thanks! You’re right – nice and easy!
bakeplaysmile
Oooh I love Margaret Fulton! This cake looks absolutely lovely!
laurenm83
Thank you! You would love her Baking book, it’s full of great recipes.
Charisma
This looks fantastic! Really even and fluffy
laurenm83
Thank you! I was happy with how it turned out.