Apple Cake

Apple Cake- a light, moist sponge cake flavoured with chunks of fresh apple and cinnamon. Delicious served warm with cream or custard for an autumn winter dessert.

Apple Cake

I am usually really good at finding interesting ways to use up any bananas that are on the turn (see here for my banana recipes). But, when it comes to apples, I don't have that many recipes at my fingertips. You could make crumble with leftover apples but really, it's much better with cooking apples than eating apples.

When I remembered that a few eating apples were lurking under a big bunch of bananas in our fruit bowl, I wasn't sure quite what to do with them. I decided to make an apple cake to use them up, rather than let them go to waste. I was very pleased when the apple cake turned out beautifully, all golden brown with little pieces of apple peeking out of the top. It has a lovely, soft texture and the apple pieces make it very moist.

This apple cake works very well with slightly softened, eating apples (ours were Galas). If you wanted to use cooking apples, you would need to chop them quite small and cook them down a bit with a little sugar.

I was originally intending it to be a cake, cake, the kind of cake that you eat a slice of with a cup of tea. It's actually even better as a dessert cake, the kind you have warm with a big slosh of cream or a jug of custard. We have tried it with both, just to be thorough in our testing! It's a perfect, simple, winter dessert.



Make Apple Cake


Apple Cake in the tin


Slice of Apple Cake on a plate



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Apple Cake

Apple Cake- a light, moist sponge cake flavoured with chunks of fresh apple and cinnamon. Delicious served warm with cream or custard for an autumn winter dessert.
prep time: 15 minscook time: 40 minstotal time: 55 mins

ingredients:


  • 225g butter
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 220g self-raising flour
  • 4 apples
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

instructions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 (160 fan, gas mark 4) 
2.Whisk the eggs for a good couple of minutes until they are nice and frothy.
3. Add the caster sugar and continue to whisk until it's all combined.
4. Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
5. Mix the baking powder, cinnamon and flour together.
6. Add large spoonfuls of the flour and the melted butter alternately, mixing well in between, until it has all been added.
7. Peel, core and chop the apples into small pieces.
8. Mix them through the mixture gently until they are all well distributed and coated.
9. Grease and line a 9 inch cake tin.
10. Pour the mixture into the tin and smooth it with a knife or spatula.
11. Pop it in the oven for 40 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. It should be well-risen and golden brown.
12. Serve with whipped cream/ice cream or custard.

calories
641
fat (grams)
26
sat. fat (grams)
15
carbs (grams)
100
protein (grams)
6
sugar (grams)
62
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Comments

  1. This sounds so utterly delicious! I bet it would be perfect with a cup of tea. Oh please can you just bring me some?

    - Harriet

    www.withlipstickandlove.co.uk

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    1. If the husband hadn't finished the lot off with lashings of custard, there might have been some left for you!

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  2. This really does sound delicious!

    Paula http://insertmyblognamehere.blogspot.co.uk

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  3. I love apple cake in all shapes and form, which is lucky as i have 3 apple trees that produce a lot of apples:)

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  4. I love apple cake, with custard, ice cream, on its own, I love it! This looks lovely. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

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  5. Ooh that really does look like it'd be great with some custard Victoria. #CookBlogShare
    Angela x

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