Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake
Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake is the perfect afternoon treat. With its moist, tender crumb and warming spice, this cake is the perfect balance of sweet and fragrant. The combination of apples and cinnamon brings a cosy flavour that works beautifully for any occasion. Whether you’re hosting afternoon tea or serving as a dessert, this cake is sure to be a hit. And, like the delicious Apple and Blueberry Cake, it is a great way to use up old apples.
Ingredients of an Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake
When making an Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake, each ingredient plays a crucial role in achieving the perfect balance of flavour, texture, and appearance. Here are some tips to help you make the most of these ingredients.
- Topping: The caster sugar and cinnamon topping create a nice crunch to the crust, while increasing the cinnamon flavour.
- Sugar: The caster sugar in both the batter and the topping can be substituted with granulated sugar. Or try a ¼ cup of light brown sugar and ½ cup of caster sugar, which will add a slight caramel note.
- Cinnamon: While a perfect complement to the apple, the cinnamon also adds a lovely warmth throughout the entire cake.
- Sour cream: Sour cream gives the cake a rich, moist texture and a slight tang that balances the sweetness. However, you can also substitute with Greek or natural yoghurt.
- Lemon rind: Add additional rind for a stronger citrus flavour.
- Apples: The star ingredient! Any apples work in this recipe, you don’t need to stick to traditional Granny Smiths. Instead opt for old ones from the fruit bowl.
By understanding the role of each ingredient, you can adjust this recipe to suit your taste or make substitutions based on what you have on hand. The result will always be a comforting and delicious apple cinnamon tea cake.
Storage and Serving Suggestions
The cake will keep well in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also pop it in the microwave for a few seconds to increase the softness if it feels a little dry.
Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake is delicious on its own, but you can take it to the next level with a dollop of freshly whipped cream or a drizzle of custard. It’s also lovely served slightly warm, straight from the oven, when the apples are soft and the outer crust has a delicate crunch.
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Apple Cinnamon Tea Cake
This cake is moist with bursts of sweetness from the apple and a delicious cinnamon flavour throughout.
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Ingredients
- Topping
1 tbsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Cake
1 1/2 cups plain flour
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp bicarb soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp grated lemon rind
2 large apples, peeled and diced into 1cm cubes
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180C | 160C fan forced and grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
- Topping
- Combine the ingredients in a small bowl and set aside
- Cake
- Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarb, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl.
- In a small bowl whisk together the eggs, sour cream, oil, vanilla and lemon and pour into the dry ingredients. Add the apple. Using a wooden spoon, stir until all ingredients are just combined.
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared tin and sprinkle all over with the topping mix. Using a fork, drag the topping mix through the very top of the cake batter. This will incorporate the topping into the first few millimetres of the batter.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until cooked through when tested with a skewer. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Apple and Blueberry Cake
Cooks in 75 minutesDifficulty: EasyThe cake is dense, yet moist with delicious pops of apple and blueberries. It is great as an afternoon treat, or dress it up with a dollop of cream, a sprinkle of icing sugar, fresh blueberries and toasted almonds.
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