Yummy Dorset Apple Cake
225g cooking apples,peeled, cored,diced.
juice 1/2 lemon.
225g plain flour.
1 1/2 tsps baking powder.
115g diced butter
165g soft light brown sugar ( I use demerera)
1 egg beaten.
2-3 tbsps milk.
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon.
Preheat oven gas 4 or 180c,grease and line a 7 inch cake tin.
toss the prepared apple in the lemon juice and set aside. Sift flour & baking powder,then rub in butter until mixture is like breadcrumbs. Stir only 115g of the sugar, the apple and the beaten egg.
Mix well, adding the milk a little at a time until you have a soft doughy mix. Transfer to tin, mix remaining sugar and the cinnamon together and sprinkle over thee cake mix. ( I have tried experimenting by adding mixed spice,and another time a few mixed chopped nuts).
Bake for 45-50 minutes,leave to cool for 15 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. This is soooooo nice warmed with custard . ENJOY.
225g cooking apples,peeled, cored,diced.
juice 1/2 lemon.
225g plain flour.
1 1/2 tsps baking powder.
115g diced butter
165g soft light brown sugar ( I use demerera)
1 egg beaten.
2-3 tbsps milk.
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon.
Preheat oven gas 4 or 180c,grease and line a 7 inch cake tin.
toss the prepared apple in the lemon juice and set aside. Sift flour & baking powder,then rub in butter until mixture is like breadcrumbs. Stir only 115g of the sugar, the apple and the beaten egg.
Mix well, adding the milk a little at a time until you have a soft doughy mix. Transfer to tin, mix remaining sugar and the cinnamon together and sprinkle over thee cake mix. ( I have tried experimenting by adding mixed spice,and another time a few mixed chopped nuts).
Bake for 45-50 minutes,leave to cool for 15 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. This is soooooo nice warmed with custard . ENJOY.
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