Spiced Bramley apple cake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the cake
- 225 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 180 g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium
- 300 g Plain white flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 Bramley apple(s) peeled, cored and cubed
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Nutmeg (ground)
- 1 tsp Cardamom (ground)
- 200 ml Crème fraîche
For the topping
- 1 Bramley apple(s) peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 2 tbsp Orange marmalade (smooth)
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°c (fan 160°c, gas mark 4). Lightly grease and line the bottom of a 20cm spring-form deep round tin with baking paper.
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2
Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and continue to beat.
For this step you'll need:
- 225g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 180g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium
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3
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour into the butter mixture in three batches, alternating with crème fraîche.
For this step you'll need:
- 300g Plain white flour
- 2tsp Baking powder
- ½tsp Salt
- 200ml Crème fraîche
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4
Toss the apples with the spices and fold into the mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared tin. Smooth the top.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 Bramley apple(s) peeled, cored and diced
- 1tsp Cinnamon
- 1tsp Cardamom (ground)
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For the topping: Place the apple slices in a bowl and add the lemon juice. Toss lightly and drain. Add the caster sugar and toss again being careful not to damage them.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Bramley apple(s) peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 tbsp Unrefined golden caster sugar
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6
Arrange the apple slices on top of the cake and bake for about 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake. If the top begins to darken too much cover with a circle of baking paper.
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Remove from the oven. Let it cool for 10 minutes in the tin and then turn it out onto a cooling rack.
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8
Warm the orange marmalade in the microwave for 15 seconds and brush it all over the top of the cake. Serve.