Cinnamon apple gateau

Name: Cinnamon apple gateau
Ingredients: 75 g/3 oz/generous ½ cup sultanas (golden raisins); 75 g/3 oz/generous ½ cup sultanas (golden raisins); 350 g/12 oz/1½ cups soft cheese; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cinnamon; 60 ml/4 tbsp fromage frais or crème fraîche; 60 ml/4 tbsp fromage frais or crème fraîche; 45 ml/3 tbsp apricot jam, strained; 10 ml/2 tsp lemon juice; butter, for greasing; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 3 eggs; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 60 ml/4 tbsp clear honey; 4 large eating apples; mint sprigs, to decorate

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Make this cake for an autumn celebration. A light sponge is split and filled with a honey and cream cheese layer as well as softly cooked cinnamon apples and sultanas, then topped with glazed apples. Keep the sponge, unfilled, for two days in an airtight container; fill and eat it fresh.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
3 eggs
115 g/4 oz/generous

Cake
Vegetarian
Autumn

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and line a 23cm/9in round cake tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Put the eggs and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric whisk until thick and mousse-like and the beaters leave a trail on the surface.