When apples are in abundance make your Apple Sponge Cake
Apple Sponge Cake is one of the cake options to make when apples are in great abundance. The one below is a surprisingly quick one, and thanks to 5 Elements its flavour is full and vibrant.
The more apples the better
The ingredients below will make a baking tin of 20 centimetres in diameter. As for the apples, you can actually stick into the dough as many pieces as you want, the more the better. Use 3-4 small apples, wash them and cut into quarters. There is no need to peel them, the apple skin will bake well. Core the quarters and slice each one into 3-4 smaller ones. Set them aside and make the dough.
To make the dough – step 1
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients in the following order:
- Sour 1 cup of all purpose wheat flour,
- Bitter a pinch of turmeric,
- Sweet a pinch of cinnamon,
- Pungent a pinch of ginger,
- Salty 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
To make the dough – step 2
In a separate large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 3 eggs, whole. While beating, add ½ cup of caster sugar in 3 portions and keep whisking for about 2-3 minutes, until the sugar dissolves and the eggs get fluffy and almost white. Add 3 tablespoons of a mild tasting oil (eg. rapeseed oil) and whisk it in for a few seconds. Now, using a spoon or one of the mixer hands very gently stir in the dry ingredients to the egg mixture. Combine all the ingredients and pour the dough into the baking tray lubricated with some butter. Arrange the apple pieces on top. Bake in 180ºC for 40-45 mins.
Serve the Apple Sponge Cake sprinkled with some icing sugar. It will perfectly match Turmeric Latte or Irish Coffee or on hot day will follow the watermelon salad.
