I baked this for a charity cake sale and I was pleasantly happy with the way the cake turned out …looks very pretty & presentable …a perfect loaf to take to a friend’s when you are invited over for a morning coffee or afternoon tea 😉 Check out my other post of Tipsy Fruity Apple Tea Loaf …made even more moist with aded XO Cognac!
Oil and line a 900g /2lb loaf tin with a loaf tin liner as seen here or line base with non-stick baking paper
Put the butter, sugar, sultanas and apple juice in a small saucepan … heat gently, stirring occasionally until the butter has melted …tip into a bowl and leave to cool …
…. stir in the chipped apple and beaten eggs …
…. sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda over the apple mixture … stir well to mix …
… spoon into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the top level with the back of a spoon …
… toss the apple slices in the lemon juice …
…arrange the apple slices neatly atop the mixture … bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes
Warm 1 Tbsp Golden Syrup …
Brush the top with the warmed golden syrup
Lift the glazed cake out of the tin and leave to cool atop a wire rack …
Voila! All packed up ready for the charity cake sales 🙂
RECIPE
Ingredients :
125g butter
125g soft light brown sugar
275g sultanas
150ml apple juice
1 eating apple … peeled, cored and chopped
2 medium eggs, beaten
275g plain flour
½tsp ground cinnamon
½tsp ground ginger
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
curls of butter, to serve
To decorate :
1 eating apple, cored and sliced
1 tsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp golden syrup, warmed
Methods :
- Preheat oven to 180ºC …oil and line the base of a 900g /2lb loaf tin with non-stick backing paper
- Put the butter, sugar, sultanas and apple juice in a small saucepan … heat gently, stirring occasionally until the butter has melted …tip into a bowl and leave to cool
- Stir in the chipped apple and beaten eggs … sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda over the apple mixture … stir well, spoon into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the top level with the back of a spoon
- Toss the apple slices in the lemon juice and arrange on top
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50mins …cover with foil to prevent the top fro browning too much
- Leave in the tin for 10 mins before turning out to cool onto a wire rack
- Brush the top with the warmed golden syrup and leave to cool … remove the lining paper, cut into thick slices and serve with the curls of butter
If this is as good as it looks, it’s a real winner!
Thanks, Lulu … a friend of mine bought the loaf and told me it was very delicious and moist even though she had kept it frozen and served it few weeks later … I’m just about to embark on baking another loaf of it but this time I’m experimenting with an “alcoholic” version! Watch this space and I’ll be posting an update if it turns out good 😉