This is my darling youngest daughter!! How sweet! |
</>250g plain flour
- 200g sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 egg yolk
- 500g pumpkin puree
- 180ml vegetable oil
- 3 egg whites, beaten
- 1 apple - peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 150 C / Gas 2. Lightly grease a 23cm round cake tin.
- Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, lemon zest and ginger in a large bowl. Add the egg yolk, pumpkin puree and oil; mix until smooth. Gently stir the egg whites into the batter; pour into prepared tin. Arrange the apple slices atop the batter; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean, about 40 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.