Simple Apple Cake

Sometimes you need simple, easy to make cake.  Not box mix easy, fresh made easy.  With a moist, just-sweet-enough batter, perfumed with vanilla, and a thin layer of cinnamon apples and powdered sugar on top.  Really, really good simple cake.

On this sunny Friday I was headed off to visit my mom who is a big fan of simple cake.  She's also the one who taught me to love apple cake so I knew I wanted to bring her this.  It comes together quickly so I made it this morning while I was getting ready to leave and we had a fresh baked treat for our lunch.  Enjoy!


Ingredients
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup sugar
1 Stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 Tablespoons milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 Cup all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Golden Delicious or other soft eating apple
1 Tablespoon sugar, for topping
Dash of cinnamon, for topping

Add the eggs and sugar to a large bowl and beat together using a stand or hand mixer.  Beat in the butter, then the milk and vanilla.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.  Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix just until combined.  Pour the batter into a buttered and floured 8" or 9" spring-form pan.

Peel, core and slice the apples thinly.  Lay them in a diagonal pattern on top of the batter.  Mix together the tablespoon of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the apples.  Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.  Cool before removing from the pan and dust with powdered sugar before serving.