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
