Caramel Apple Cake

• 2 1/2 cups caster sugar
• 2/3 cup softened butter
• 8 cups apples peeled, cored and chopped
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 lemon zested
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 2 3/8 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 5 tablespoons apple schnapps
• 7 tablespoons soured cream
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds

1. Preheat oven to 400u0b0F. Grease a 10 inch springform pan. Caramelize 2/3 cup sugar in a frying pan until golden. Remove from heat and add 1 tbsp butter, until melted. Spread evenly over base of prepared pan and top with chopped apples. Set aside.
2. Meanwhile, cream remaining butter, remaining sugar, lemon zest and 1 pinch of salt. Whisk in eggs, 1 at a time. Sift flour and baking powder together and mix into batter, alternately with apple schnapps and sour cream. Pour over apples, smooth surface and bake for 30-40 mins. Allow to cool for 15 mins then transfer to a serving plate. Sprinkle with almonds.

caster sugar, butter, apples, lemon juice, lemon zested, salt, eggs, flour, baking powder, apple schnapps, soured cream, almonds

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Caramel-Apple-Cake-1405246 (may not work)