Sourdough Apple Cake

This delightful sourdough apple cake is perfect for morning or afternoon tea. Serve it with lashings of whipped cream and a cup of tea.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword Sourdough Discard

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Servings pieces

Calories 169kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowl
Electric Beaters or Stand Mixer
Square Cake Tin (8 x 8 x 2 inches or 20 x 20 x 5 cm)

Ingredients

120 g Butter
150 g Sugar
2 Eggs
100 g Sourdough Starter
150 g All Purpose Flour
30 g Milk Whole
6 g Baking Powder 1 tsp
5 g Vanilla Extract
200 g Apples Tinned or Canned
20 g Brown Sugar
50 g Almonds Flaked

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Line a square cake tin with parchment paper.
Cream the butter, sugar and eggs together in a bowl (you could use a stand mixer or electric mixer for this). They will be light & fluffy and pale in color.
Then add the sourdough starter, milk flour, baking powder and vanilla to the bowl and mix on medium speed for around 2 minutes until the cake batter is smooth and well combined. It's quite a thick cake batter.
Smooth the cake batter into the base of a lined cake tin.
Then evenly spread the canned apples over the top of the cake (make sure you drain them before hand).
Sprinkle the brown sugar and almonds over the top of the apples.
Bake the cake at 180C/350F for around 30 minutes or until golden (if you insert a skewer into the cake it should come out clean).

Notes

Notes on Apples

This recipe has been made using "apple pie fruit" or canned apple pieces - mainly because there's always a can in my pantry. You can use fresh apple if you like, but it will change the top layer of the cake. I've weighed the apple pieces after draining them.

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