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SPICED APPLE AND GINGER CAKE
This Spiced Apple and Ginger Cake is a delicious light fruit cake that's easy to make and the perfect cut-and-come-again cake.
Equipment
- weighing scales
- Measuring spoons
- Lemon zester or grater
- Large bowl
- electric mixer optional
- wooden spoon
- Vegetable peeler
- Sharp knife
- chopping board
- 20 cm (8 in) round deep cake tin
- Cooling rack
- baking parchment or liner
Ingredients
- 225 grams self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 lemon zest optional
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- 100 grams soft brown sugar
- 100 grams soft butter or margarine
- 1 egg beaten
- 4 tablespoon milk
- 450 grams tart apples (Bramley, James Grieve, Granny Smith) weigh once peeled and cored
- 75 grams mixed dried fruit or raisins
- 25 grams crystallised ginger
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 170℃ Fan (190 ℃) 375℉
- Place into a large mixing bowl 225 g (1½ cups) self-raising flour, 1 tsp baking powder, grated rind of 1 lemon (if using), ½ tsp ground ginger, ½ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp ground cloves, 100 g (½ cup) soft brown sugar, Stir to mix together.
- Add 100g (½ cup) softened butter, 1 medium egg and 4 tbsp milk. Mix together with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until thoroughly blended.
- Peel, core and finely chop 450g (3¼ cups) apples. The weight is for the whole apple before preparation.
- Stir in the chopped apples.
- Weigh out 75 g (⅓ cup) mixed dried fruit (or raisins) and 25 g (2 tbsp) chopped crystalised ginger.
- Stir the raisins and ginger into the cake mix.
- Line a 20cm (8 in) cake tin with parchment or a cake tin liner and place it on a baking tray (sheet)
- Spoon the cake mixture into the tin and level the top. Bake for about 1 hour and 10 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.
- Serve warm as a dessert with cream or custard. Or cold with a nice cup of tea!
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 75mgPotassium: 183mgFiber: 3gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 310IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg