CAKE WITH DRIED APRICOTS AND APRICOT MARMALADE SAUCE

A simple, easy and delicious cake to accompany your coffee..!

INGREDIENTS
500gr self-rising flour
2 glasses sugar
125gr butter
3 vanillas
3 eggs
150gr dried apricots
1 glass diluted milk
Flour for the apricots
 INGREDIENTS FOR THE APRICOT MARMALADE SAUCE
1 teacup apricot marmalade
¼ teacup water

PREPARATION
Beat the butter with the sugar in a food processor.

Add the eggs and the vanillas.

Continue beating adding flour and milk alternately.

Cut apricots in 2 halves, or smaller pieces.
Cover the pieces with flour and then shake them to remove the excess flour.

Add them to the mixture...

... and mix well.

Grease and flour a big cake tin (or two smaller ones).
Pour the mixture in the cake tin.

Preheat the oven to 180ο C and bake for 50 minutes (the baking time depends on the oven).
Leave in the tin for 10 minutes to cool before turning out.

PREPARATION FOR THE SAUCE
Pour the marmalade and the water in a saucepan.

Stir well in low heat, until marmalade is diluted.
Pour it over the cake.

GOOD LUCK!!!