Apple and apricot cake

Chop the dried apricots in a food processor, if preferred.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups	Plain flour
½ tsp	Salt
½ tsp	Baking powder
½ tsp	Baking soda
1 tsp	Ground cinnamon
¾ cup	Sugar
1 cup	Dried apricots, finely chopped (Main)
1 large	Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and shredded into about 1 1/2 cups (Main)
½ cup	Walnut pieces, chopped
2	Eggs
1 tsp	Vanilla essence
½ cup	Brown rice oil

Directions

1. Set oven to 180C. Lightly oil a round 20cm cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine sifted flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Add sugar, apricots, apples and walnuts.
3. Lightly beat eggs, vanilla and brown rice oil. Pour into flour mixture and mix until well combined. Pour into prepared cake pan.
4. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool.
5. Can be topped with cream cheese icing when cold or dusted with icing sugar.