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Spiced Apple Cake

Spiced Apple Cake

Jill Booth

Prep 30 mins30m
Cook 50 mins50m
Serves 6

This recipe makes good use of the slightly less than perfect windfall apples. It can be eaten hot or cold, on its own or served with custard or cream.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb cooking apple (peeled and chopped)
  • 1 lemon (zest and juice)
  • 4 oz butter or margerine
  • 4 oz soft light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 oz self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp mixed spice

  • Topping

  • 2 oz soft light brown sugar
  • 2 oz butter
  • 3 oz rolled oat
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

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  • 1
    Soak the chopped apples in the lemon juice and zest
  • 2
    Grease and line a 7 inch cake tine (deep)
  • 3
    Make the topping by melting the butter and sugar together in a saucepan over a low heat
  • 4
    Stir in the rolled oats and cinnamon
  • 5
    Put mixture into cake tin and press down
  • 6
    Make the sponge by creaming the butter/margarine and sugar together
  • 7
    Beat in the eggs
  • 8
    Fold in the self-raising flour and mixed spice
  • 9
    Finally fold in the apples
  • 10
    Put the mixture into the cake tin and place it in a pre heated oven at 180°C. The cake should take approximately to cook and will shrink slightly away from the edges of the tin when it is ready.

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