Apple crumble cake

Recipe by Shane Smith

Another delicious pastry/dessert recipe from Lavey's very own Shane Smith....

INGREDIENTS

For the cake

120g soft butter

140g caster sugar

Two large eggs

Dash vanilla extract

210g plain flour

A teaspoon baking powder

A pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon ground clove (optional)

Two and a half Granny Smith apples peeled and chopped into cubes

For the crumble topping

50g plain flour

30g porridge oats

50g caster sugar

60g butter

METHOD

Line the base of a six-inch round loose bottom cake tin. Grease and flour the sides and base of the tin and set aside.

For the cake, cream the butter and sugar until soft and pale in colour.

While this is mixing, peel and chop the Granny Smith apples, set aside.

Add the eggs to the butter mixture one by one until combined.

To this add the vanilla.

Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder & ground cloves into the above and mix.

Finally fold in the chopped apple cubes.

Spoon this batter into the prepared cake tin.

For the crumble topping, simply mix the flour, sugar, porridge oats and butter until a sandy texture is reached.

Place the crumble mix on top of the cake batter and place in a preheated oven set at 180C / 160C fan / Gas 4 and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Once the cake is baked, remove and allow to sit for five minutes before removing the tin.

Serve warm with a spoon of semi-whipped cream.

ABOUT THE CHEF

Shane Smith from Lavey can be seen on Today with Maura and Daithí on RTE One.

You can contact him via email: shane@chefshanesmith.ie

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