DORSET APPLE CAKE

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The best apple cake recipe I have come across, this was from delicious Food Magazine. All the family love it. It is a beautiful moist cake and is great on its own or as a pudding with a little cream, custard or ice-cream.

Provided by aunty carol

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

225 g butter, softened
450 g baking apples (weight, peeled and cored, approx 3 large apples)
1 lemon (finely grated zest and juice)
225 g caster sugar
3 large eggs
225 g self-raising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
25 g ground almonds
1 tablespoon demerara sugar

Steps:

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180oc/fan 160oc, gas4.
  • Grease a deep 24cm (9") springform cake tin and line with parchment paper.
  • Peel and core apples and cut into 1cm pieces and toss in lemon juice.
  • In a bowl, beat sugar, butter and lemon zest until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour with each addition to keep the mixture smooth.
  • Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. stir in the apple pieces into the mixture.
  • Spoon into the tin and level top, sprinkle with the demerara sugar.
  • Bake for one hour. (skewer should come out clean).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 493.1, Fat 26.5, SaturatedFat 15.1, Cholesterol 139.4, Sodium 636.3, Carbohydrate 60.8, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 35.9, Protein 6.3

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