Mary Berry's Apple Cake

Step 1

Preheat the oven to gas 4/ 180℃/ 356℉. Line the sides and bottom of a round 20-cm/ 8-in baking pan.

Step 2

Peel, core and thinly slice apples. Soak them in water, and set them aside.

Step 3

In a mixing bowl, place the eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat them with a wooden spoon, a handheld mixer, or a hand whisk until the sugar dissolves.

Step 4

Fold in the flour, followed by the melted butter. Stir well until there are no lumps in the batter.

Step 5

Drain the sliced apples and dry them with a kitchen towel/ paper.

Step 6

Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan. Then arrange apple slices on the top, leaving some apples for decoration.

Step 7

Put the other half of the batter over the apples and spread it as evenly as possible. It may be tricky as the batter is sticky.

Step 8

Lastly, arrange the remaining apple over the batter.

Step 9

Bake the cake for about 1 ¼ hours.

Step 10

Once the cake is baked - you can spring test it - leave it to cool for 15 minutes in the pan, before taking it out of the pan.