BLACKBERRY & APPLE CAKE

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A moist fruit sponge, packed with the best seasonal produce with a touch of almond and cinnamon too

Provided by Gerard Baker

Time 1h5m

Yield Cuts into 8-10 slices

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

125g butter , softened, plus extra for the tin
125g caster sugar
3 large eggs , beaten
50g ground almond
100g self-raising flour
2 Discovery, Russet or Worcester apples , peeled and cored, each cut into 12 segments
100g blackberry
1 large pinch cinnamon
2 tbsp demerara sugar
25g butter , cut into small flakes
25g peeled and toasted hazelnut , roughly chopped
icing sugar , for dusting

Steps:

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 22cm round loose-bottomed cake tin and line the base with baking parchment. Beat the butter and caster sugar together in a large bowl until it is light and fluffy. Gradually pour in and beat the eggs, a little at a time, until you have used two-thirds, adding flour if it curdles. Fold in the remaining egg, the ground almonds and finally the flour, and combine everything gently.
Add two-thirds of the apples to the cake mixture and all the blackberries. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth it out evenly. Scatter the remaining apples over the surface of the cake. For the topping, sprinkle over the cinnamon, demerara sugar and butter. Bake for 50-55 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and scatter on the toasted hazelnuts. When the cake is cool, dust lightly with icing sugar. Serve in slices.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 372 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 34 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 26 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium