Apple Cake

• 100 g butter
• 4 tablespoons apple sauce
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 310 g self raising flour
• 1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 120 g caster sugar
• 1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped
• icing sugar to serve

Heat oven to 160 ℃. Grease and line base of a 20cm round tin.

Place butter, apple sauce, golden syrup and vanilla into a heat proof bowl, add 300 ml boiling water and whisk with fork to combine.

Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Add butter mixture and gently mix until just combined. Transfer to cake tin and top with chopped apple. Lightly push into batter.

Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until well risen, golden and the top springs back when lightly touched. Cool in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool. Serve dusted with icing sugar.