COUNTRY APPLE CAKE

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Good Food reader, Magdalena Duggan, shares her grandmother's spiced chocolate sponge packed with fruit from the garden

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

5 medium eggs
200g granulated sugar
100ml vegetable oil
175g plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp mixed spice
½ tsp ground ginger
5 eating apples , peeled, cored and diced, about 600g
1 tsp each icing sugar and ground cinnamon, for dusting

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 mins. Pour in the oil and stir well to combine.
Sieve in the dry ingredients and fold through until the mixture is smooth and well combined before adding the apples.
Carefully pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once the cake is cool, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 372 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 48 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 33 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium