Dorset Apple Cake

Name: Dorset Apple Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 cake, 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 225 g flour; 110 g butter; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 110 g sugar; 225 g apples, peeled and chopped (use bramleys or softmushy cooking apples); 50 g raisins; 1 egg, beaten; 2 tablespoons milk; sugar, to sprinkle

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Recipe by Heather Sullivan

This is my version of Dorset Apple Cake based on an old sounding recipe I found online. I've converted it to metric and made the recipe more specific.

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READY IN: 40mins

SERVES: 6

YIELD: 1 cake

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

225

g flour
110

g butter
1

teaspoon baking powder
110

g sugar
225

g apples, peeled and chopped (use bramleys or softmushy cooking apples)
50

g raisins
1

egg, beaten
2

tablespoons milk
sugar, to sprinkle

DIRECTIONS

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.

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