Apple teacake

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm round springform tin with cooking 
oil spray. Line base and side with baking paper.

2.Put butter, caster sugar 
and vanilla in the small bowl 
of an electric mixer and beat, using paddle attachment, until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 
1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift over flour and spices, add milk and stir until just combined.

3.Spoon mixture into prepared tin. Peel, core and quarter apples, then thinly slice. Push slices into batter, leaving curved half of each slice exposed. Combine extra caster sugar 
and cinnamon in a small bowl, then sprinkle over apple. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until 
cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Transfer to 
a wire rack to cool or serve warm dusted with icing sugar.