• 2 medium Apples
• 2 and ¼ cup plain flour
• 2 tsp baking pwd
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ the cup soft brown sugar
• ½ cup raisins
• 1 cup milk, plus ¼ cup for toffee
• 3 large eggs
• 200 gms butter, plus extra for greasing
• ½ tsp cinnamon pwd
• ¼ tsp nutmeg pwd
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Icing sugar for dusting
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 10 toffees (any caramel toffee)

Add 1 cup milk and raisins in a pan and bring to a boil on a low heat. Simmer for 3-4 mins and set aside to cool.

Then make blend in an electric blender and keep aside.
Preheat Oven to 180oC and grease and line a 9” square baking tray.

Mix baking pwd, baking soda, salt and flour together in a mixing bowl. Add the nutmeg and cinnamon pwd and keep aside.
Now blend eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla extract together until smoothly combined using an electric blender.

Then half, core and cut the apples into thin slices, add the lemon juice and keep aside.

Add both the raisin mixture and the egg-butter mixture to the flour and quickly mix using an electric whisk or hand held whisk until just combined.

Scrap out the cake batter into the prepared tin and then arrange the apple spices in three rows overlapping to cover up the top.

Bake at 180OC for 45-50 minutes in the center of the oven or until a flat knife (or toothpick) comes out clean from the centre. Keep aside to cool on a wired rack.

In a small pan melt the toffees with ¼ th cup milk over a very slow heat. Stir continuously until it melts.

Drizzle the top of the cake generously with this melted toffee and then dust with some icing sugar.

Cut into thick slices and enjoy, Bon appetite !

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 739 views