Apple Cake

(Serves 7-8)

Ingredients

• Apple 2
• Eggs 2
• Castor sugar 150 grams
• Vanilla essence 1 ½ tsp
• Butter 75 gms
• Milk 75 ml
• Flour 125 grams
• Baking powder 2 ½ tsp
• Cinnamon powder ½ tsp
• Icing sugar 2 tsp
• Strawberries 4-5 (optional)

The Recipe

1. Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence together in a bowl.
2. Melt the butter in the milk on a slow fire, and once melted add to the egg mixture.
3. Follow by folding the flour, cinnamon powder, and baking powder into the batter.
4. Peel the apples and slice them thin.
5. Take a baking tin and line with butter paper.
6. Pour the batter into the tin and then add the apple slices and strawberries (optional).
7. Sprinkle with some icing sugar.
8. Bake the cake for 40-45 minutes at 180 degrees.
9. Serve warm on its own or with some good old fashioned vanilla ice cream.

By : Nandita Abbey
Gourmet Chef based in New Delhi
Chef and co-founder for “Herb Garden” a catering firm specializing in a variety of cuisines including Italian, Greek, Lebanese and Kashmiri food.