Apricot cake
10
Points®
Total time: 55 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 45 min • Serves: 10 • Difficulty: Easy
This flavoursome tea cake is perfect for entertaining and will impress any guest


Ingredients
Reduced fat oil spread
½ cup(s), (125g)
Caster sugar
½ cup(s), (110g)
Egg(s)
2 medium
White self-raising flour
1¼ cup(s), (185g)
Extra light sour cream
¾ cup(s)
Apricot, canned in natural juice, drained
270 g
Custard powder
70 g
Diet jam
45 g, (apricot flavour)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced. Spray a 20cm-round cake tin with oil. Line base with baking paper.
2
Using an electric mixer, beat spread and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and sour cream and beat until combined.
3
Spoon mixture into prepared cake tin and smooth with the back of a spoon. Arrange apricot on top of cake mixture. Spoon warmed apricot jam over apricots, to cover.
4
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand cake in tin for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
5
Meanwhile, make vanilla custard following packet instructions.
6
Cut cake into slices and serve warm with custard.
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