Spiced apple cake

Ingredients

150g butter, softened at room temperature

1 cup rapadura sugar

2 eggs

1 cup plain flour

1 cup spelt flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 pinches salt

1 cup milk

3 teaspoons pure vanilla essence

2 teaspoons mixed spice

2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and finely diced

2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and finely sliced

2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons rapadura sugar, extra

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees celcius and grease and line a round cake tin.
2. Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until the mixture lightens.
3. Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Add flours, baking powder, salt and milk and beat until light and fluffy.
5. Add diced apple, vanilla essence and mixed spice and stir until just combined.
6. Pour mixture into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top until it is even.
7. Arrange sliced apple in a spiral pattern on top of the cake mixture and push down just slightly.
8. Sprinkle extra sugar and cinnamon over the apple.
9. Bake in oven for 30-45 minutes.
10. Cool in tin for 10 minutes then remove from tin and place on a cooling rack.
11. Serve warm or cold.