Irish Apple Crumble Cake

INGREDIENTS

For the cake:

• 110g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 150g soft light brown sugar
• 2 large free range eggs
• 210g plain flour, sifted
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 100ml milk
• 300g (around 2-3) cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced

For the crumble topping:

• 50g butter
• 50g caster sugar
• 100g plain flour

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin with a removable base.
2. With an electric hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until they are incorporated.
3. Fold through the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until you have a thick cake batter. Stir through the apple and pour the batter into the cake tin. The batter will be thick, so use a spatula to spread across the base of the tin.
4. Using a hand blender with a food processor attachment, blitz the ingredients for the crumble topping until you get left with rough crumbs. You can also do this by hand in a bowl using your fingertips to combine the ingredients together. Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of the batter.
5. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool before serving.