175g butter at room temp
175g caster sugar
2 eggs
225g plain flour
1 1/2t baking powder
2t mixed spice
200g eating apples, peeled, cored and chopped
3 small eating apples (for the top)
Zest of one lemon
3t apple juice
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until they are light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time.
2. Stir in the flour, baking powder and mixed spice.
3. Gently fold in the chopped apples, lemon zest and apple juice into the bowl. Scrape the mixture into the pan and level the top.
4. Core and quarter the 3 small apples leaving the peel on. Make two or three cuts through the skin into each quarter to make a fan, then press the cut apples lightly into the batter in a decorative pattern.
5. Bake for 50 mins to 1 hour or until the top is golden. Cool for 15 minutes.... if you can wait that long.
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