BROWN BUTTER APPLE CAKE

113 grams butter, chopped (1/2 cup)

2 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped

1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup white sugar
1 heaped teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon bicarb soda (baking soda)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla

preheat oven to 180 c. (350 f.)  grease sides and line bottom of 23 cm (9 inch) springform tin. (20 inch cake tin is ok.)

in a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter. continue to cook, stirring,  until it turns an amber colour.   remove from heat and cool.

place the flour, sugars, salt and bicarb into a bowl.

mix the brown butter, cream, eggs and vanilla together then stir into the flour mix.

stir in the apples.

pour into tin and cook for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

drizzle  with cinnamon drizzle.

CINNAMON DRIZZLE

1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon butter
milk

mix the icing sugar, cinnamon and butter together with enough milk to make a drizzly paste.