※ Spiced Apple Cake

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In addition to my : ( facebook cooking group / catering here)

Upside-down spiced honey and apple cake

Serves 8-10
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
(plus 10 minutes sitting time)

Ingredients
•2 tbs honey
•1 pink lady apple, thinly sliced crossways
•125g butter, softened
•3/4 cup (155g) brown sugar
•1/4 cup (60ml) honey, extra
•3 eggs
•½ cup (75g) self-raising flour
•1/4 cup (40g) plain flour
•1/2 cup (55g) almond meal
•2 tsp ground ginger
•1 tsp ground cinnamon
•1/2 tsp ground cloves
•1/3 cup (80g) sour cream
•1 pink lady apple, peeled, cored, finely chopped, extra
•Natural yoghurt, to serve

1.Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line the base and side of a 20cm round springform pan with baking paper.

2.Drizzle 2 teaspoons of the honey over base of the pan. Arrange apple slices, overlapping, over the base. Drizzle with remaining honey.

3.Use an electric mixer to beat butter, sugar and extra honey in a medium bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until just combined. Add the combined flours, almond meal, ginger, cinnamon and cloves and stir to combine. Add the sour cream and extra chopped apple and stir to combine. Spoon into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from oven. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool before turning onto a serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature with yoghurt, if desired.