Recipes for automatic programmes
96
Apple sponge
Total time required: 95minutes
Serves 12
For the topping
500g apples, tart
2tbsp lemon juice
For the dough
150g butter | softened
150g caster sugar
8g vanilla paste
3medium eggs
150g plain white flour
½tsp baking powder
For the tin
1tsp butter
For dusting
1tbsp icing sugar
Accessories
Baking and roasting rack
Springform tin, 26cm
Sieve, fine
Preparation
Peel and quarter the apples. Cut into
the outside of each apple quarter (op-
posite side to the core), making cuts
approximately 1cm apart. Mix with the
lemon juice and put to one side.
Grease the springform tin.
Cream together the butter, sugar and
vanilla paste for approximately
2minutes. Stir in the eggs one at a time
(½minute each).
Sift together the flour and baking
powder and mix with the other ingredi-
ents.
Pour the mixture into the springform tin,
spreading it evenly. Press the apples
gently into the mixture with the core
side down.
Place the springform tin on the baking
and roasting rack inside the oven and
bake.
Leave the cake in the tin for 10minutes.
Then release the sides of the tin and
leave to cool on the baking and roast-
ing rack. Dust with icing sugar.
Settings
Automatic programme
| Apple sponge
Programme running time: 55minutes
Manual
Operating mode:
Temperature: 165–175°C
Pre-heating: no
Duration: 45–55minutes
Shelf level: +HFC70-C: 1| -HFC70-C: 2
Tip
As an alternative to dusting the cake
with icing sugar, try an apricot glaze in-
stead. To create the glaze, gently heat
some apricot jam and stir it until
smooth.