Apple Spice Cake
Ingredients
Apple topping
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F.
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Grease and line a 23cm/9” round loose-based cake tin.
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Place butter and sugar into bowl of electric mixer and attach the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. With the mixer running on low to medium speed, add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated. Sift flour and salt together and fold in carefully in two batches, alternating with the sour cream. Spoon the batter into the cake tin and set aside.
FOR THE TM: Place butter and sugar into the Thermomix, using the weight function to weigh the ingredients. Beat for 30 sec/speed 4. As best as you can, scrape the mixture away from the top of the blades and then insert the butterfly whisk attachment inside the bowl and beat on speed 3. While the Thermomix is still running on speed 3, add eggs through the hole at the top, one at a time, and vanilla extract and beat for a total of 5 minutes approximately. Sift flour and add to the bowl along with the salt and sour cream. Using the Thermomix spatula, carefully fold the mixture. Spoon the batter into the cake tin and set aside. -
For the apple topping, place the apple slices in a bowl and add sugar and mixed spice. Toss with hands to coat, then spoon over the cake batter.
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Bake for 60-65 minutes until the mixture has risen up around the apple and the top is crisp, firm and golden brown. A knife inserted will not come out clean, as the apples are wet, but you can tell when the cake is cooked by giving the tin a little shake. If the top doesn’t wobble the cake is done.
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Remove from oven and set aside for about 30 minutes. Before removing from the tin, gently run a knife around the cake to loosen it, then carefully ease it out to set on a serving platter.
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Serve warm or at room temperature, using a serrated knife to slice.
Note
Suitable for freezing.
User Reviews
Look at the photo, follow the recipe, and you’ll end up with a perfect replica of this wonderful cake. Easy and delicious, it freezes very well. I made it for a tasting at our shop and it was a big hit. Several people asked me what kind of apples to use, but based on the feedback, it doesn’t really matter.
Has anyone made this in the Thermomix please?
We have added the TM instructions now.
I could taste the salt quite definitely, I would decrease amount next time.
delicious, a very good quick dessert if you have some apples to use! i cooked for an extra 10mins to be on the safe side and it was still very moist
Delicious! i used an 8inch round pan so it took a little longer to bake and rose up so that i needed the parchment collar around the pan. Froze nicely and worked for breakfast cake too
Would it be best served fresh or can it be frozen?
Thanks
As stated on the recipe, it can be frozen. It can be reheated gently before serving.
Cake was delicious.
Is it normal that the sponge is a bit stodgy? Hope I cooked it enough! Very tasty otherwise
The sponge shouldn’t be stodgy—try baking it a little longer next time and see if that helps. Another subscriber left it in for an extra 10 minutes and still found it nice and moist.