Apple and Honey Cake

Preheat the oven to 180C and grease a 20cm-wide cake tin with softened butter. Dust the greased surface with a little flour.

Beat together 3 eggs, 100g caster sugar and 70g of honey until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add 80g of softened, unsalted butter and beat in. Add 300g of sifted self-raising flour, 1 level tsp of cinnamon powder and the flesh of 3 apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm pieces. Mix gently, or at low speed if using a mixer.

Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and place in the oven for 45-55 min, making sure it is completely cooked in the middle before removing: test with a skewer – it should have no uncooked dough attached to it. Remove from the tin and cool on a cake rack. Serve with caramelised apple sauce and some cream if desired.