Nice little tray of cake topped with lots of apple and even more cinnamon. What’s not to like on a cold December afternoon? Cup of tea, a child that reaches for the second piece and I’m happy.

Relatively simple recipe, found on mojewypieki.com.  Unusually for me I’ve made the the whole portion, planned on taking some with me while dropping Izzie off at Lila’s tomorrow, but there might not be enough to take anymore!

200 g of soft butter got creamed with half a glass of caster sugar, 4 whole eggs added one by one. 300 g of plain flour, 1 packet of vanilla budyn, dry, in, 2 tsps of baking powder. 250 ml of milk. Vanilla essence is always a nice touch.  I was careful not to overmix the whole thing, as people were talking of zakalec a lot in the comments ( zakalec is a Polish word for  a baking disaster, when the cake initally rises and then comes crashing down, leaving the cake heavy and horrible). A little over 750 g of Braeburn apples peeled and sliced, not too thinly, generously placed on top of the cake. It took almost an hour to bake in 160 degrees and while still hot, I brushed it some melted butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Really nice!