Ingredients

  • 4 apples
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • 2 cups caster sugar
  • 2 cups gluten-free self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 200 g morello pitted cherries, drained
  • cinnamon sugar

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180c. Line 22cm cake tin with baking paper. Peel apples and slice into thin pieces.
  • Whisk eggs, lemon zest and sugar until thick and creamy (about 8 minutes).
  • GraduallY fold in flour. The batter should be the consistency of sour cream.
  • Pour oil in the pan.
  • Arrange apples and cherries in the bottom of oiled pan. Pour the batter evenly over the fruit.
  • Bake the cake for about 40 minutes or until golden and cooked when tested.
  • Rest cake on rack for about 5 minutes before turning cake upside down on to a plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve warm with whipped cream.