Tuesday 6 October 2009

Apple Cake

Apple Cake
you will need;
185g butter
2 Tsp grated lemon rind
2/3 cup sugar
1 Cup Self Raising flour
1/2 cup of plain flour
1/3 cup milk
2 Apples
2 Tsp water
2 Tsp strained Apricot Jam
A sprinkle of All Spice (optional)
what to do?
Grease a 20cm springform pan. Cream the butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined.
Transfer the mixture and add the flours and milk. Spread into the prepared pan.
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Peel the Apples and cut them into 1/4 remove the cores. Make lengthways cuts into round sides of 1/4 cutting about three quarters of the way through. arrange the quarters , around the edge of the cake (see picture). Bake for about 1 hour.
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In a pan add the jam and water, simmer until smooth, spread mixture over hot cake. Allow to cool. Better eaten warm!
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My Granny Smiths Apples were very acidity by adding the All Spice it seems to have rid some of that tangy taste!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Looks delicious, I will have to try it!

Rainbow In The Grey Sky said...

great with custard Sarah!

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