Autumn is here, maybe not quite in Dubai but we like to pretend that it is. I recommend you a delightful spice-scented cake for you to enjoy.

 

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Method

Use a round 20cm diameter cake tin. Line it with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).

Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl of a standing mixer. In a separate bowl whisk all the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture and mix it for a couple of minutes till well blended. Mix in the apple. Pour the batter into the tin.

Bake it for 1 hour or until a cake skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Once done, let it cool and serve with some sieved icing sugar on top.

 

 

Ingredients
 

  • 3 cups self - rising flour
  • 1 1/4 cups castor sugar
  • 1 ½ tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ⅔ cup sunflower oil
  • 1 ½ cups 3% fat Greek yogurt
  • 1 ½ cup full fat milk
  • ½ teaspoon of orange essential oil
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 small apple, diced
  • 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
  • 1/3 teaspoon grounded cloves
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/3 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/3 grated nutmeg