Irish Apple Crumble Cake

• portions: Serves: 8
• temps total: 42 minutes

Ingrédients

Time: 1 hour 10 mins

For the cake:

110g butter, plus extra for greasing

150g soft light brown sugar

2 large free range eggs

210g plain flour, sifted

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

100ml milk

300g (around 2-3) cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced

For the crumble topping:

50g butter

50g caster sugar

100g plain flour

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin with a removable base.

With an electric hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until they are incorporated.

Fold through the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until you have a thick cake batter. Stir through the apple and pour the batter into the cake tin. The batter will be thick, so use a spatula to spread across the base of the tin.

Using a hand blender with a food processor attachment, blitz the ingredients for the crumble topping until you get left with rough crumbs. You can also do this by hand in a bowl using your fingertips to combine the ingredients together. Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of the batter.

Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool before serving.