Sufra Dayma:

Apple Crumble Dessert Cake

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

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Serves 12

Ingredients:

1 kg peeled and wedged green apples (stewed)

2 3/4 cups self-raising flour

1 1/2 cups castor sugar

4 eggs (at room temperature)

1 cup sour cream

1/3 cup custard powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

220 gms butter (chopped, melted)

Crumble Topping:

3/4 cup plain flour

1/3 cup icing sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

75 gms butter (chilled, chopped)

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a 5 cm deep, 20 cm x 30 cm (base) non-stick baking pan. With an electric mixer, beat melted butter, eggs, flour, castor sugar, sour cream, custard powder and vanilla for 3 minutes, or until pale and fluffy. Pour half the mixture into pan. Spread apple over mixture. Top with remaining mixture.

To make crumble topping: Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Sprinkle topping over cake mixture. Bake for one hour to one hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Serve warm with cream.