APPLE CAKE

Ingredients :

4 oz (100 g) soft butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup cake flour

3 eggs

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground clove

Pinch of salt

6 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced thinly

Syrup:

1 cup sugar

½ cup water

Preparation:

Whip butter with sugar until creamy. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, clove and salt. Mix well and add eggs, one at a time.
Carefully add apple slices, reserving some for later.
Transfer mixture to a previously greased and floured cake pan.

Arrange reserved apple slices on top. Sprinkle extra sugar on top and bake in preheated moderate oven to 350°F (180°C). When cake is almost ready, pour syrup over cake and continue baking until it is ready.

Syrup:
Place sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 6 to 8 minutes.

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