12 things: bake cakes

Don't know if you've noticed, but I like fruits in my cake. In my little head, I've had me convinced that the few slices of apple or peach or berries will magically cancel out the butter and sugar, thus making the cake more...virtuous.

With this logic in mind, I whipped up some apple custard tea cake for afternoon tea one weekend (And boy, they were good).

So I am sharing the recipe today, so you can whip up some virtuous cake of your own too.

Apple custard tea cakes

Ingredients

90g butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup (110g) self-raising flour
1/4 cup (30g) custard powder
2 tablespoons milk
1 large unpeeled apple, cored, sliced finely
30g butter, extra, melted
1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra

Custard

1 tablespoon custard powder
1 tablespoon caster sugar
1./2 cup (125ml) milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

1. Make custard
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases
3. Beat butter, extract, sugar, eggs, flour, custard powser and milk in small bowl until mixture is changed to a paler colour
4. Divide half the mixture among cases. Top with custard, then remaining cake mixture; spread mixture to cover custart. Top with apple slices, pressing slightly into cake.
5. Bake for 30 minutes

Making custard

• Blend custard powder and sugar with milk and extract in a small saucepan; stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat; cover surface with plastic wrap. Cool.