We had a few apples which are starting to go soft - perfect excuse to bake! (
Not that I generally need any excuse to bake.) I was given the recipe book
500 cakes a couple of weeks ago and this recipe was a variation of one using apples in place of cherries and marzipan. It takes a surprisingly long time to cook and the centre of the loaf fell out of the crust when I turned it upside to cool (
that was weird), even though it was cooked through. Still, it tasted fine and we had it for dessert, warm with ice cream.
Apple loaf
Ingredients
- 170 g butter, at room temperature
- 140 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 140 g self-raising flour
- 320 g apples, finely chopped or grated
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or finely grated zest of one lemon
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Beat together butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Sift in flour and fold into the mixture.
- Add lemon juice/zest and fold in apples.
- Pour mixture into a greased 22 x 12 cm loaf tin. Bake for about 45 minutes. Cover the top of the cake with tin foil, then bake for an additional 25 minutes until oaf is risen and golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Leave cake to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then lift onto a wire rack to cool.
- Serve slightly warm from the oven and dusted with icing sugar.
4 comments:
mmm, apples... I have NO apples in my house right now... we did, but I ate them all... and turned them into applesauce for my munchkin. Sigh.
I love that you always change the recipes to suit what you have lying around. I'd never have the confidence (or imagination) to substitute cherries for apples. I'm getting a sudden urge to bake though...
Oh Cafe Chick, I must try this soon. My children like apples, but sometimes, they don't all get eaten, before they go soft, or get a spot on them. And I just HATE throwing my fruit away.
My husband thinks I'm turning into a Grandma, (his words). We made kosher pickles this summer, and I canned banana peppers, another one of our favorites.
I will be making this soon. Right after I convert the measurements :).
Yummy! That sounds heavenly! I made banana nut bread yesterday morning. This one makes me want to bake too!!!
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