Eggless Apple-Raisin Cake

Finally, I found a recipe for an egg-free cake which tastes (surprisingly) delicious and moist.  This is for you, Maddy - the adorable little girl who is  allergic to eggs.  Hope you will enjoy this Apple-Raisin Cake.

(Makes 16 cupcakes)
Ingredients:

125g butter

90g brown sugar

1 cup cooked apple puree *

1/2 cup natural yoghurt

300g self-raising flour

1/2 cup chopped raisins

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp all-spice

• Preheat oven at 160 degrees C.  Line muffin pans with patty cases.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in all the ingredients and mix well.
• Spoon batter into patty cases.
• Bake for about 15 - 18 minutes or until a skewer inserted into cake comes out clean and dry.

*  Apple puree:  

2 Granny Smith apples (about 400g)
60g raw sugar
200ml water

• Core and slice apples. 
• Place apples, sugar, water and strip of lemon rind  into a saucepan.  Bring to the boil and cook gently until tender (about 10 minutes)
• Cool.  
• Mash with a fork.