TUSCAN APPLE AND LEMON CAKE

Ingredients required 200gm of plain flour ,1 tsp of baking powder , 2/3 rds cup of castor sugar , 3 eggs ( lightly beaten ),3 tbs of room temp butter / marg ,1/3 cup of milk ,finely grated zest of 1 lemon ,1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg ,3 apples peeled , cored and sliced and finally icing sugar for dusting . First things first , preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Grease a 23 cm springform cake pan and line with baking paper . Mix together 200gm of plain flour with 1 tsp of baking powder in a medium bowl. Now place 2/3 cup of castor sugar into the bowl of your electric mixer along with 3 lightly beaten eggs , 3 tbs of room temp butter / marg ,1/3cup of milk , the finely grated zest of 1 lemon , 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg and finally the flour mix . Beat until thick and smooth . Pour the batter into the prepared pan . Arrange the peeled , cored and sliced apples in a circular pattern over the top of the batter . Cook in the preheated oven and bake foe 60 minutes , but if the apples start to brown too much cover with a sheet of baking paper . The cake is cooked when a skewer is inserted and comes out clean . Remove the cake from the oven and let it sit for 10 minutes before removing from the pan . Dust lightly with icing sugar.