APPLE CINNAMON CAKE

Apple is a favourite fruit in our home. Whenever I wish to prepare something with it, I get it in refrigerator. My family loves home baked cake served warm. I lack confidence when it comes to baking, also not all ingredients are available at home. I select the easy ones requiring  minimal ingredients. I found this APPLE CINNAMON CAKE doable given my baking knowledge. All of the ingredients are available in the kitchen. Though this forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden symbolises sin, it has actually a number of health benefits. This deciduous tree in the rose family first originated in Central Asia and then spread to the rest of the world. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures. Besides it has high nutritional value with good amount of dietary fibre and vitamin C, it is low caloric too.[sourced from WIKI]. I do not know how much nutrition is retained when we use it to bake a cake. I did it to lighten up a weekend evening tea table. The original recipe called for using brown sugar, so I did.

INGREDIENTS :

All Purpose Flour : 1 coffee mug
Sugar : 6-7 tbsp
Ground Cinnamon : 1+ 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder : 1 tsp
Baking Soda : 1/4 tsp

Plain Yogurt : 1/2 coffee mug

White Organic Vinegar : 1 tbsp
Vanilla Extract : 1 tsp
Apple : 1 big [peeled and chopped]

Oil : 4-5 tbsp

METHOD :

Mix together the chopped apple, 1tbsp sugar, 1/2tsp cinnamon powder.

Mine is a convectional microwave oven with the temperature set at 160*C. 

Preheat the oven to 160*C placing the low wired rack inside.

Sieve the flour and baking powder together.

Blend together the sugar, oil, yogurt, vinegar, vanilla essence, 1 tsp cinnamon powder until creamy.

Add the semi-liquid mixture to the flour mix and mix all well until a smooth batter is formed. 

Add half of the chopped apple to the batter and mix well.

Pour the batter into a greased cake tin. Add to it the rest of the chopped apple.

Place the cake tin atop the low wired rack. Bake at 160*C for 50-55 minutes.

Please note the batter should not be up to the top of the cake tin as it will rise.

Enjoy a slice with your favourite cup of tea.