Irish apple cake with matcha custard drizzle – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• 400g cake flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• 5 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced + extra slices, to garnish
• 120g butter, chilled + extra, to grease
• 60ml (¼ cup) canola oil
• 200g brown sugar
• 2 extra-large eggs, separated + 2 more extra-large egg whites
• 200ml buttermilk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp brown sugar, to sprinkle
• <h3>MATCHA CUSTARD DRIZZLE</h3>
• 300ml full-cream milk
• 125g sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tsp matcha powder (find at faithful-to-nature.co.za)