Name: Apple and pine nut cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup (150g) plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 125 gram unsalted butter, melted; 4 medium unpeeled golden delicious apples, cored, thinly sliced; 3/4 cup (120g) pine nuts; 1 lemon, grated rind; icing sugar, to dust; mascarpone, to serve

Apple and pine nut cake

The irresistible textures of soft stewed apples and crunchy pine nuts swirled through out a delightfully fluffy butter cake will have you reaching for more!

Serves 8

Prep

25M

Cook

1H 5M

Total

1H 30M

Ingredients

1 cup (150g) plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

125 gram unsalted butter, melted

4 medium unpeeled golden delicious apples, cored, thinly sliced

3/4 cup (120g) pine nuts

1 lemon, grated rind

icing sugar, to dust

mascarpone, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Lightly grease a 20cm springform pan and dust with flour.

2.Sift flour and baking powder together into a bowl. Stir in sugar. Make a well in centre and add eggs and melted butter. Stir, gradually incorporating flour, to make a thick batter.

3.Fold in 1/4 of sliced apple, 1/2 cup of pine nuts and lemon rind. Spoon into prepared pan. Arrange remaining sliced apple on top of cake and sprinkle with remaining pine nuts. Bake for 1 hour 5 minutes, covering with brown paper bag or foil if cake is browning too much, until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

4.Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a serving platter to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar and serve with mascarpone.

Women's Weekly Food