German Apfelkuchen

100g butter

100g caster sugar

225g self-raising flour

1 medium size egg

450g cooking apples

1 tbsp brown sugar

25g sultanas

1 tsp cinnamon

a little icing sugar

Grease and line a loose-bottomed 8in cake tin.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C/Gas 4.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat and add the sugar.  Sift the flour into a bowl and combine with the beaten egg.  Then stir in the butter and sugar mixture.

Peel, core and slice the apples.  Put in a bowl and mix with the brown sugar, sultanas and cinnamon.  Spread half the cake mixture in the bottom of the tin, arranging the spiced sugar and apple on top.  Cover with the remaining cake mixture.  (This is rather difficult and it doesn’t matter if you leave gaps.)

Place the cake tin in a preheated oven and bake for about an hour or until golden.

Cool in the tin and dust with icing sugar.