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Apple and ginger cake

This sticky cake uses up cooking apples and is great served warm with custard or ice cream

Ingredients: (Makes about 10 slices)

•    110 grams butter (or diary free alternative)
•    225  grams dark brown sugar
•    2 eggs
•    30 grams finely sliced ginger (or could substitute for stem ginger)
•    225 grams self-raising flour
•    280 grams diced cooking apple
 Topping (optional)
•    2 tablespoons runny honey
•    2 tablespoons demerara sugar

 

Method:


1.    Heat oven to 170 degrees. 
2.    In a bowl, cream the butter and dark brown sugar together until well mixed.
3.    Whisk up the eggs and then mix into the butter and sugar mixture. Add it little by little and mix until well combined. 
4.    Stir in the chopped ginger. 
5.    Sieve the flour and fold it in to the mixture. 
6.    Mix in the apple. 
7.    Pour into the greased tin (20cm) 
8.    Bake for about an hour. Check it is cooked by putting a knife in and if it comes out clean, it is cooked. 
9.    Mix honey and demerara sugar and spread over cake whilst still warm.
10.  Serve warm with ice-cream or wait for it to cool down and have as an afternoon treat!

 

Recipe created for #FoodSavvy Norfolk & Suffolk
 

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