Quebec apple pound cake

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F).
2. Butter and flour a 22 cm (9-inch) round cake tin.
3. Mix butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well for about 10 minutes.
4. Mix the baking powder with the flour and add to the eggs gradually, stirring all the time.
5. Using a pastry bag, pipe three-quarters of the batter into the bottom of the cake tin.
6. Spread two-thirds of the apple slices over the top, making sure not to put any apples around the edge of the pan.
7. Add the remaining pastry to the apple slices, then the remaining apple slices for decoration.
8. Bake for 40 minutes.
9. Remove from the oven and brush the top of the cake with apricot jelly.