Apple Soft Cake

Yesterday was a apple day. Have been thinking of apple cake eversince I tried one at Tanglin Mall last month and so I tried to find a recipe from the internet. Sourcing thru so many recipe just for one apple cake, finally I settle for a French Apple Sponge Cake recipe but I don't like the Calvados (apple liqueur) and so I tried the recipe without it. It turn out the way I like it, soft and moist. Love this cake and will make more next time. You tried it and let me know.

Ingredients:

• 170gm butter
• 4 eggs - I put 3 eggs as my eggs are large and didn't know they are double yoke. So ended up with 6 eggs instead
• 170gm icing sugar
• 60gm Apricots jam - pour in 1/2 the jar instead, love apricots jam
• 165gm flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 4 granny (green) apples - bought the fuji sara apples, green and red instead, taste sweeter

Method:

1. Peel apples and remove the hearts, cut them into small cubes. Put some 2 tablespoons or more brown sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract on the apples pieces and mix well. Set aside.
2. Heat the oven. Grease the baking pan with butter and flour for the non-stick effect. Use this method if you are using a non-stick pan.
3. Whisk butter, icing sugar and jam in a big bowl until mixed. (may include 4 tablespoons of Calvados, apple liqueur, at this stage if you like it.)
4. Add eggs one at a time while whisking the batter.
5. Add flour and baking powder while still whisking the batter.
6. Once batter are mixed well, using spatula, add in the apples. Using spatula, mixed all ingredients together.
7. Pour into the greased pan and bake for 15 mins on high at 160 deg and reduce to 140 deg for the next 20 mins. Make sure the cake is on the lower rack of the oven. Check your cake every 15 mins to make sure it is not burnt. Depending on the oven again, do check your oven temperature before baking.
8. Once cake done, let it cool before removing from the pan.
9. Dust some icing sugar on top of the cake or you may serve them warm with vanilla ice-cream.

Happy Cake Making!!! :)