Ingreadient :

• 250g butter, softened
• 250g caster sugar
• 5 eggs
• 250g self raising flour
• 1 apple, cored and grated
• 1 apple, thinly sliced
• 100ml apple juice
• 400g icing sugar, sifted
• 500ml double cream, whipped to soft peaks

Direction :

1. Preheat oven to 170c.
2. In an electric mixer fitted with a K beater, mix the butter and sugar until pale and white in colour.
3. Add the eggs, then fold in the flour and the grated apples.
4. Grease and line a 23cm round cake tin. Spoon the mix in then top with the sliced apples and  bake for 40 minutes. Cool then split in ½ horizontally.
5. To make the glaze, whisk the icing sugar and juice together and drizzle over the top of the cake.