This was my first try at making this and I converted the recipe on the go. It's from the Taste website here: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/10320/almond+apple+cake (http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/10320/almond+apple+cake)
Ingredients:
Melted butter, for greasing
100g unsalted butter, room temp
110g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
2 eggs
50g (1/3 cup) plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
100g almond meal
2 Golden Delicious apples
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Brush a 20cm springform pan with melted butter to grease. Line the base of the pan with non-stick baking paper.
2. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples.
3. Grind the sugar for 10 secs / sp 8
4. Add butter and eggs and mix 20 secs / sp 5
5. Add flour, cinnamon and almond meal. Mix 30 secs / sp 6
6. Add baking powder and mix 5 secs / sp 6
7. Add Ύ of the sliced apple and mix on reverse, speed soft until the apples are coated with the mixture (takes 40 secs 1 minute).
8. Spoon the mixture into prepared cake pan. Smooth the surface and then arrange the remaining Ό of the apple slices on top. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before removing the outside of the pan.
Variations:
Use a mix of almonds and cashews (or other nuts) if you like.
Use red apples if you dont have green ones.
It turned out beautifully: a moist, nutty apple teacake:
(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii131/larabelles_photos/9275_almondapplecake.jpg)