Organic Apple, Walnut and Yoghurt Cake
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1hr
Serves: 8-10 portions
Ingredients:
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4 R+R Smith Organic Apples, peeled and diced into 1cm pieces
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½ lemon, zest and juice
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½ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
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120g butter, room temperature
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280g caster sugar
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2 eggs, room temperature
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1 tsp vanilla essence
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220g plain flour
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1 tsp baking soda
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1 tsp salt
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¼ tsp nutmeg
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½ tsp cinnamon
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½ cup yoghurt
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1 tbsp raw sugar
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Vanilla ice cream, to serve
For the sugar glaze
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3 tbsp milk
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1 cup icing sugar
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1 tsp vanilla essence
Method:
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Preheat the oven to 160°C and grease a 25cm cake tin or baking dish.
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Place the apples, lemon zest and juice into a bowl. Toss through to combine.
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Place a large frying pan over medium high heat. Add 20g of the butter to the pan and add the apples. Cook, stirring, for 5-7 mins until tender. Add the walnuts and remove from the heat, set aside to cool.
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Cream the butter and the sugar together using an electric mixer until pale, add one egg at the time until combines. Then add the vanilla and mix through.
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In a separate bowl, sift in the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon, mix well and slowly start adding the flour into the wet ingredients until combined into a smooth batter. Stir through the yoghurt.
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Add in ¾ of the apples and fold through the batter. Transfer the batter to the cake tin and flatten with a spatula. Top the remaining apples and slightly press them down to submerge halfway into the batter. Sprinkle with the raw sugar.
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Bake for 1-hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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Remove from the oven and let it cool for 15-20 minutes before slicing.
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To make the Sugar Glaze: Mix the milk, icing sugar and vanilla together until smooth and brush all over the cake.
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Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy.