Apple Currant Yoghurt Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 125 g butter
• 3 -4 cups caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
• 2 eggs
• 200 g natural yoghurt
• 1 -2 of 410 gram can unsweetened apple pie filling
• 3 -4 cups currants
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 -2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice

Recipe

• 1 beat the butter and sugar and lemon rind in a small bowl until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs one at a time.
• 3 stir in the yoghurt, apple and currants (you don’t want to break up the apple too much).
• 4 then stir in the sifted dry ingredients.
• 5 spread into a deep greased and lined 20 cm round cake tin.
• 6 bake at 180c (360f) for 50 to 60 minutes.
• 7 stand a few minutes then turn out onto rack to cool.
• 8 this can be iced with cream cheese icing similar to one you would use on a carrot cake – add some lemon zest too.