Somerset Apple Cake
(adapted from The Complete Farmhouse Kitchen Cookbook produced in association with Yorkshire TV)
3oz/80g butter
6oz/175g caster sugar
Rind of 1 orange, grated
8oz/225g self-raising flour
1lb/450g Bramley Apples, peeled, cored and cubed
2 eggs, beaten
2 tbsp milk
Approx 1 tbsp granulated or demerara sugar
1) Grease and flour a 23cm/9inch cake tin. Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/gas mark 4
2) Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest until pale in colour. Mix 1 tablespoon of flour with the apples in a bowl.
3) Add the eggs and milk to the butter and sugar and beat in. Add the remaining flour and apples to the mixture and blend together well. Turn into the tin, sprinkle with the granulated/demerara sugar and bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes.
That looks amazing, I could just eat some of that now!
ReplyDeleteLove apple cake, this one looks scrumptious!
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