Recipe for Apple cake

	Preheat the oven to 170C Grease and line an 8-inch cake tin
225 g flour 3 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp star anise 50 g ground almonds	Mix the dry ingredients
400 g apples	Peel, core and chop the apples finely (5mm pieces)
225 g sugar 150 g butter	Warm the butter and sugar in the microwave Cream the butter and sugar
1 tsp almond essence 2 eggs	Add the eggs and almond essence and mix in Add the dry ingredients and mix in Add the apples Put into baking tin
25 g flaked almonds	Sprinkle flaked almonds on top Cook for 1 hour 15 mins

Apple cake