Apple and Apricot Cake-Cook Smart

Ingredients list for Apple and Apricot Cake-Cook Smart

• 350 grams Apples finely chopped
• 200 grams Golden apricots finely chopped
• 300 grams for dusting Refined flour (maida)
• 200 grams for greasing Butter
• 200 grams Brown sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 3 tablespoons Cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon Instant coffee powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
• 2 teaspoons Baking powder
• 100 millilitres Milk
• 200 grams Chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat oven at 170ºC. Grease a square cake tin with butter and dust with refined flour.
2. Take butter in a mixing bowl, add brown sugar and beat with an electric beater till light.
3. Add eggs and beat again. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix.
4. Sift together cocoa powder, coffee powder, cinnamon powder, refined flour and baking powder directly into the bowl. First mix with a spatula and then beat with the electric beater will well mixed.
5. Add milk and continue beating. Add apples, apricots and mix well. . Add chocolate chips and mix well.
6. Pour batter into the prepared cake tin, tap lightly and put the tin the preheated oven. Bake for 75-90 minutes.
7. Remove from oven, cool and demould. Cut into slices and serve.