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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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