Celebrate the apple season with this absolutely gorgeous apple cake. It’s full of warming spices and with a golden caramel topping, it’s a winner. 

Ingredients: 

• 85g (about 6 tbsps) butter 
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• ¼ tsp cinnamon 
• 2 medium apples, peeled and sliced thinly 

Cake batter 

• 120g butter, softened 
• ¾ cup sugar 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 ½ cups plain flour 
• 1 ½ tsps baking powder 
• ½ tsp baking soda 
• 2 tsps ground cinnamon 
• ½ tsp nutmeg 
• Decent pinch salt 
• ½ cup sultanas 
• 6 tbsps milk (you may not need it all) 

Method: 

1. Turn oven to 180 C fan bake. Grease and line a 21cm cake tin with baking paper.
2. In a small pot, heat butter with condensed milk until butter is melted. Stir in vanilla and cinnamon. Pour into lined tin then layer up sliced apples on top. Chill while you make the batter.
3. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and beat until creamy. Add in dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt - and beat briefly until combined. With the beater running, add in the sultanas and drizzle in the milk to form a nice soft, but not sloppy, batter. Spoon batter on top of apples.
4. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
5. Set aside for 10-15 minutes then turn out onto serving plate so that the apple-y cake bottom becomes the top.
6. Serve warm or room temperature with whipped cream. Yum!