Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Apple loaf

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
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Beat together butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  3. Sift in flour and fold into the mixture.
  4. Add lemon juice/zest and fold in apples.
  5. 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.
  6. Leave cake to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then lift onto a wire rack to cool.
  7. Serve slightly warm from the oven and dusted with icing sugar.

4 comments:

Sab said...

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.

Kellee said...

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...

La'Tonya Richardson said...

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 :).

Donna said...

Yummy! That sounds heavenly! I made banana nut bread yesterday morning. This one makes me want to bake too!!!