Toffee apple slice

ingredients

• Toffee apple slice

  • 3/4 cup (110g) potato flour
  • 3/4 cup (120g) brown rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 cup (220g) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 3 medium apples (450g), peeled, cored, grated coarsely
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) vegetable oil

• Walnut praline

  • 3/4 cup (165g) caster (superfine) sugar
  • 2 tablespoon water
  • 1/2 cup (55g) finely chopped roasted walnuts

• Apple icing

  • 2 cup (320g) icing (confectioners') sugar
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) apple juice, approximately

method

• Toffee apple slice

  • 1

    Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 24cm x 32cm swiss roll pan; line base and long sides with baking paper, extending paper 5cm over sides.

  • 2

    Sift dry ingredients into large bowl; stir in apple, eggs and oil. Pour mixture into pan.

  • 3

    Bake slice about 30 minutes. Stand slice in pan 10 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

  • 4

    Meanwhile, make walnut praline: Stir sugar and the water in small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil; boil, uncovered, without stirring, about 10 minutes or until toffee is a caramel colour. Remove from heat; allow bubbles to subside. Place nuts in single layer on baking-paper-lined oven tray; pour toffee all over nuts. Stand at room temperature until set. Chop praline finely.

  • 5

    Spread slice with icing; sprinkle with praline. Serve.