Tuesday 10 April 2012

Devon Apple Cake

Ingredients

500 grams of Bramley Apples, peeled, cored, diced
175g slightly salted butter, softened
175g light muscovado (brown) sugar, plus 3 T(tablespoon)
2 medium eggs, beaten
250g self raising flour
1t (teaspoon) baking powder
1 t ground mixed spice
1 t ground cinnamon
100 g sultanas (raisins)

1. Make apple sauce from apples and 2 T of water. Cool.
2. Pre heat oven to 160 C (325F)
3. Grease a 20cm loose-base cake tin or a spring form tin and line with grease proof paper.
4. Beat together butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Sift the flour, baking powder and spices and add half to the bowl. Stir in. Stir in apple sauce and sultanas. Stir in remaining flour.
5. Put mixture into tin and then sprinkle remaining sugar on the surface.

Bake for 55 to 60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

2 comments:

Mary Jane Murray said...

I don't think I've seen Bramley apples here..

Serendipity said...

All you need is a sharp cooking apple!