Apple Cake with Toffee Topping

Name: Apple Cake with Toffee Topping
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 20 g (¾ oz) butter; 60 ml (¼ cup) milk; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 200 g (7 oz) cake flour or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 125 ml (½ cup) pouring (single) cream; 125 ml (½ cup) pouring (single) cream; 115 g (½ cup) caster (superfine) sugar; 115 g (½ cup) caster (superfine) sugar; 200 g (7 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 200 g (7 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 3 apples; 100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened; 200 g (7 oz) cake flour or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 200 g (7 oz) cake flour or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

This is a recipe from a friend of mine, Nicci. Her mum, Brenda, often served this cake at their house and I always loved it. It has probably changed, bit by bit, over the years, as I have swapped the recipe from one of my notebooks to another. Golden Delicious are good apples to use.

Ingredients

3 apples
100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened

Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F/Gas 5). Grease and flour a deep 24 cm (9½ inch) springform ti