Dorset Apple Cake

Panda.s
Panda.s @cook_3715208
London/ Essex Border. U.K.

A way to use windfall apples. Recipe from my sister in law.

Dorset Apple Cake

A way to use windfall apples. Recipe from my sister in law.

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Ingredients

60 mins
8 servings
  1. 1 lbapples (sour if possible)
  2. 4 ozsultanas
  3. 6 ozbutter/soft margarine
  4. 12 ozself raising flour
  5. 1 tspground ginger
  6. 6 ozsugar
  7. 3eggs

Cooking Instructions

60 mins
  1. 1

    Peel, core and grate apples

  2. 2

    Mix flour, ginger and butter / margarine together until it resembles crumbs

  3. 3

    Add sugar, apples and sultanas.

  4. 4

    Beat the eggs and add to mixture.

  5. 5

    Mix until well combined

  6. 6

    Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin, pour mixture in, level top.

  7. 7

    Bake at 180C for 1 hour, until a skewer / toothpick comes out clean.

  8. 8

    Allow to cool in tin for 10 minutes then tip out on to wire rack to cool.

  9. 9

    Serve. Can be served warm or cold

  10. 10

    You can substitute ground cinnamon for the ginger.

  11. 11

    I use demerara sugar, but you can use white or golden.

  12. 12

    Look out for my other post for 'Ades Dorset Apple cake '

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Panda.s
Panda.s @cook_3715208
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London/ Essex Border. U.K.
When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.
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