Sour cream sponge cake recipe

Ingredients

• 100g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 200ml sour cream
• 1.5 cup flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (not necessary if you have self raising flour)
• 2 apples
• 1/2 cup dry raisins
• 1/2 cup crushed almonds (bigger pieces are better than ground almonds)
• 1/2 cup sugar, for glazing
• 1.5 tsp rum/brandy
• 2-3 soup spoons espresso

Instructions

Sponge cake

1. Blend the sugar, butter, salt and cinnamon together. Add the eggs and sour cream and blend it well.
2. Grate the apples, including the peel. Add it to the mixture together with the flour, bicarbonate of soda, raisins and almonds. Blend well.
3. Pour the mixture into an oiled and floured cake tin and bake at 170C for approximately 1 hour.

Glazing

1. Mix the sugar, rum/brandy and espresso together to form a glaze.
2. Glaze the warm sponge cake.
3. Allow it to cool down.

Serve

1. Enjoy in any way (and with anybody) you fancy.

Recipe Notes

1 cup = 250ml

Recipe by

Simona Poláková