Apple Cake
I have come across this recipe which is a cut out from an old magazine and I have made my mind up I am going to make this this weekend. It was part of a gardening Article and I think it may be a Sarah Raven recipe. Ingredients: 350g/12 oz self raising flour sifted 1 teaspoon of cinnamon Pinch of salt 225g/8oz butter 100g/4 oz sultanas or raisins 175g/6oz caster sugar 75g/3oz toasted hazlenuts chopped 500g/1lb cooking apples zest of 1 lemon 3 large eggs Method: Grease or line an 8 inch/20cm loose bottomed cake pan. Using a food processor put in the sifted flour, cinnamon, salt and butter and pulse the ingredients until like fine breadcrumbs. Put this mixture into a separate bowl and then stir in the sultanas raisins sugar and toasted nuts. Peel core and chop the apples roughly and add to the other ingredients with the lemon zest. Lightly whisk the eggs and stir into the mixture but do not beat. Spoon into prepared cake pan and bake in a moderate o...