Grandma'S Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 ounces butter
6 ounces caster sugar
1 orange rind, grated
8 ounces self raising flour
1 lb cooking apple, peeled cored and cubed
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 ounce candied peel, chopped
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 handful sliced almonds (optional)

Preparation

Grease and flour a 9 inch cake tin.
Cream butter and orange rind, caster sugar and beat until light and creamy.
Mix 1 tablespoonful of the flour with apples in a dish.
Put eggs, milk in bowl with creamed butted.
Add remaining flour, peel and apples to the creamed mixture; blend well with a metal spoon.
Turn into prepared tin, sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Cook at 350\u00b0F/Gas 4, for 40-50 minutes until golden brown.
Serve cold as a cake or hot as a pudding with custard, cream or ice cream.