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Spiced Apple and Ginger Cake
This cake couldn't be easier to make, all the ingredients go into the bowl, mix and bake - it's that simple. The result is moist with the apples and gently spiced with ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
Ingredients
- 225 grams self-raising flour
- 1 level tsp baking powder
- 1 lemon grated rind
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 100 grams soft brown sugar
- 75 grams mixed dried fruit
- 25 grams chopped crystallised ginger
- 100 grams soft butter or margarine
- 1 egg beaten
- 4 tablespoon milk
- 450 grams tart apples Bramley, Discovery, Granny Smith
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 180C
- Peel, core and chop the apples
- Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix together until thoroughly blended.
- Turn into a 20 cm greased and lined cake tin.
- Level the top and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- The cake should be golden brown and shrinking from the sides of the tin.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn onto a cooling tray.
Notes
Serve warm as a dessert or cold dusted with icing sugar with a nice cup of tea!
Nutrition
Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 103mgPotassium: 200mgFiber: 3gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 385IUVitamin C: 9.8mgCalcium: 48mgIron: 0.7mg