Dorset Apple Cake Recipe
Submitted by Livifhisherman
I have not long returned from a holiday in Dorset, where Apple Cake can be found everywhere. This is a recipe I have found to be very nice.
Ingredients:
- 225g cooking apples, peeled , cored and chopped
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 225g plain flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 115g butter - diced
- 165g soft light brown sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F (Gas Mark 4).
- Grease and line a 7inch round cake tin.
- Toss the apple with the lemon juice and set aside. sift the flour and baking powder together then rub in the butter, until the mix resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir 115g of the sugar, the apple and the egg, mix well, adding a little of the milk at a time to make a soft doughy mix.
- Transfer into your tin.
- In a bowl, mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over the cake mix.
- Bake for 45-50mins. leave to cool in the tin for 10mins, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
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Comments on Dorset Apple Cake Recipe
Patricia Stockham @ 3:28 pm
This is so similar to the apple cake Iv'e been making for years ( In Bristol when my " kids were small) Now I call it " Devon Apple Cake " & it is still popular & easy & quick!!
A good cake to make if you haven't made many cakes " yet" .
Dorset Locksmiths @ 11:19 am
I love any desert with apples and I'm sure to try this recipe out soon. Dorset apple cake is very popular and I hope mine comes out as nice as theirs do.
Mae @ 6:07 pm
Please does anyone know if this cake freezes well? I have a huge amount of apples to use and would like to make this cake and freeze some.
bear @ 7:43 pm
Just made this cake – its really easy to make, and very very nice!!
norjam @ 1:49 pm
I made this on the weekend, and brought some into work. It's all gone and everyone is asking me to make more! A success and so easy.
Mary - UK @ 4:30 pm
Made 2 of these cakes this afternoon – the second one is still in the oven. I didn't have 2 tins so they've had to be made separately. I just had to make them because I have only just come back from Dorset – tried it there (shop bought) and it was delicious, so I hoping "home made" will be even better. They smell good too. One cake is for a neighbour who gives me loads of windfall cooking apples.
Lizzie Rigler @ 3:19 pm
I was given a big bag of apples this week. At first I was going to make a crumble but decided to make an apple cake (and so glad I did). This is such a quuick & easy recipe and so delicious that I have made 3 in 2 days and about to make 2 more. You should try it, fantastic and so moreish.
Ruu @ 11:07 pm
Hi
When you chop the apples for this cake, how small do they need to be? Very finely chopped like onion or diced 1/2 inch cubes? I want to make this for my son's first birthday – he loves apple.
Thanks
Jane Durham @ 12:13 pm
A fantastic recipe that works every time. I have made loads of them with eating and cooking apples and pears – all taste delicious. I live in Dorset and out of all the apple cake recipes available this is my all time favourite. My entire family love them.
Jane Durham @ 12:16 pm
I forgot to say that the cake does freeze well – I have plenty in my freezer awaiting consumption and am just about to make more with the last of the apples from the tree.