Dorset Apple Cake Nigella Food

DORSET APPLE CAKE -- FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Line the bottom of an 8-inch (20-cm) x 3-inch tall springform pan with parchment paper and lightly oil the sides of the pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth and lighter in color, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla extract.
• Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and mix until just combined.
• Add two-thirds of the batter into the prepared pan, and using a spatula, spread the batter until it's even. Evenly layer on half of the apple pieces. Add in the remaining batter, and using a spatula, carefully spread the batter until it's even. Evenly layer on the remaining apples. Evenly sprinkle the demerara sugar over the apples. Place in the middle of the oven and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing the cake and transferring it to a cooling rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar once the cake has cooled.

DORSET APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a deep 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.
• Mix the flour and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour using your fingers, until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the light brown sugar. Beat in the egg followed by 6-8 tbsp of milk - add it gradually until you have a smooth, thick batter.
• Add the apples and sultanas and mix to combine. Scrape the batter into the prepared tin and gently level out. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar, if using, and bake for 30-40 mins or until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in the tin for 15 mins and then carefully turn out onto a wire rack to cool further. Best served still warm with a little custard.

DORSET APPLE CAKE (TRAYBAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and prepare your baking tin by greasing it generously and lining the bottom with some baking paper.
• Put the flour into the large bowl, add baking powder and cinnamon and give it all a mix with a whisk. Alternatively, feel free to sieve your dry ingredients into the bowl.
• Add softened butter.
• Rub butter into the flour with your fingers (you could use mixer or food processor if you wanted to) until the mix resembles wet sand.
• Add sugar and give it all a light mix. Set aside.
• Peel, core and thinly slice your apples and place them in a large bowl. Squeeze the juice of half lemon over them to prevent them from getting brown. Set aside.
• Add your lightly beaten eggs into the flour/sugar and mix them in gently.
• Start adding milk and mixing it in slowly bit by bit until it's all gone and you have thick, batter like mixture.
• Add most of your sliced apple to the cake batter, saving some slices to put on top. Mix them in only just and pour in the mixture into prepared cake tin.
• Smooth the surface of the cake mixture with spatula and arrange your remaining apple slices on top in any fashion you want.
• Sprinkle demerara sugar on top and bake in preheated oven for 50-55 min until nice and golden brown and the skewer inserted into centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Important! Once you take your cake out of the oven, let it cool in the tin for good 20 minutes before you take it out onto the rack to cool completely.
• Serve dusted with icing sugar or slightly warm with cream or ice cream. Enjoy!

DORSET APPLE TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a rectangular baking tin (approx 27 x 20cm) with baking parchment. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples, then squeeze over the lemon juice. Set aside.
• Put the butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and mix well until smooth. Spread half the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange half the apples over the top of the mixture, then repeat the layers. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar.
• Bake for 45-50 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out of the tin and remove the paper. Cut into bars or squares.

DORSET APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Rub butter into flour.
• Stir in baking powder.
• In a separate bowl, stir sugar into the chopped apples and raisins.
• Add egg and milk and mix gently to a firm sticky dough, add sugared apple pieces & raisins and mix again.
• Scrape into greased or buttered 8x8inch cake pan. Wet hands and press mixture into pan.
• Bake for 30minutes at 330F, 165°C.

DORSET APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180oc/fan 160oc, gas4.
• Grease a deep 24cm (9") springform cake tin and line with parchment paper.
• Peel and core apples and cut into 1cm pieces and toss in lemon juice.
• In a bowl, beat sugar, butter and lemon zest until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour with each addition to keep the mixture smooth.
• Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. stir in the apple pieces into the mixture.
• Spoon into the tin and level top, sprinkle with the demerara sugar.
• Bake for one hour. (skewer should come out clean).