Apple and Raisin Cake
This deliciously golden apple and raisin cake uses up frozen and thawed eating apples, foldedinto an easy cake batter with cinnamon and raisins. It’s perfect as an apple traybake alongside acup of coffee or warmed up with a good dollop of custard.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 218kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 160 g butter softened
- 375 g cooking or eating apples Or 500g frozen apples then defrosted and drained to approx 300g, chopped
- ½ lemon juice
- 100 g dark brown soft sugar
- 100 g caster sugar
- 250 g plain flour
- 1 tablespoon plain flour to mix the apples with and prevent sinking
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 50 g raisins seedless
- 1 & ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat your oven at 160c fan / 180c / gas mark 4.
- Butter and line a 20cm squared baking tin or 20xm x 30cm for an apple and raisin traybake.
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the apples and stir. Then mix in the tablepoon of flour set aside.
- In a mixer, or using an eletric whisk, combine everything else, except the apples and raisins to a smooth cake batter.
- Fold in the floured apple chunks and raisins.
- Pour the apple raisin cake mixture into the tin and level with a spatula and bake for 40-45 minutes until slightly springy.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool before cutting and serving alone with coffee or a dollop of custard.
Nutrition
Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 89mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 313IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg