Apple Fudge Cake
Preparation 30 mins
Cooking 1 - 2 hrs
Makes enough for 6 servings
Ingredients
100g/3½oz red apples, (Worcester Pearmain, Red Elstar, Lobo, Spartan, Gala) peeled, core removed
150g/5oz soft fudge, cut into small cubes
1 tbsp mixed spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra for dusting
175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened
150g/5oz dark soft brown sugar
2 free-range eggs
250g/9oz plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
clotted cream, to serve
icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- Grease and line a 20cm/8in loose-bottomed cake tin.
- Slice one of the apples into 1cm/½in slices and chop the remaining apples into small cubes.
- Sprinkle half of the fudge into the bottom of the tin and arrange the apple slices on top.
- Place the cubed apple and spices in a bowl and mix together until the apples are coated in the spices.
- Add half of the apple cubes to the cake tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, then the flour and baking powder until well combined.
- Fold in the remaining apple and fudge.
- Bake in the oven for an hour, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool slightly.
- To serve, remove the cake from the tin, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon and serve slices with a spoonful of clotted cream.
Recipe can be found on bbcgoodfood.com
Preparation 30 mins
Cooking 1 - 2 hrs
Makes enough for 6 servings
Ingredients
100g/3½oz red apples, (Worcester Pearmain, Red Elstar, Lobo, Spartan, Gala) peeled, core removed
150g/5oz soft fudge, cut into small cubes
1 tbsp mixed spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra for dusting
175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened
150g/5oz dark soft brown sugar
2 free-range eggs
250g/9oz plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
clotted cream, to serve
icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- Grease and line a 20cm/8in loose-bottomed cake tin.
- Slice one of the apples into 1cm/½in slices and chop the remaining apples into small cubes.
- Sprinkle half of the fudge into the bottom of the tin and arrange the apple slices on top.
- Place the cubed apple and spices in a bowl and mix together until the apples are coated in the spices.
- Add half of the apple cubes to the cake tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, then the flour and baking powder until well combined.
- Fold in the remaining apple and fudge.
- Bake in the oven for an hour, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool slightly.
- To serve, remove the cake from the tin, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon and serve slices with a spoonful of clotted cream.
Recipe can be found on bbcgoodfood.com
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