APPLE & WALNUT CAKE WITH TREACLE ICING

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This easy all-in-one cake is perfect if you've got friends coming for coffee or afternoon tea

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Afternoon tea, Treat

Time 1h5m

Yield Serves 10

Number Of Ingredients 13

300g plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
140g dark brown soft sugar
50g golden caster sugar
250ml rapeseed or sunflower oil
4 eggs
3 unpeeled apples , coarsely grated
100g walnuts , roughly chopped
100g butter , softened
50g dark soft brown sugar
1 tbsp black treacle
200g tub full fat soft cheese

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Line two 20cm cake tins. Put the flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda in a big bowl, then stir in the sugars, making sure there are no lumps of sugar. Add the oil, eggs and apples, and beat everything together. Fold in the walnuts then divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 45 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool for a few mins in the tin then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
  • For the icing, beat all the ingredients together then chill until the mixture is thick but spreadable. Spread half the icing on top of one cake, sandwich with the other and spread the remaining icing on top

Nutrition Facts : Calories 535 calories, Fat 14 grams fat, SaturatedFat 8 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 89 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 51 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 15 grams protein, Sodium 0.46 milligram of sodium

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