Apple loaf cake
Serves 10
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
plus cooling
Serve this lightly spiced loaf cake with a hot cuppa for the perfect afternoon pick-me-up
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Ingredients
- 225g unsalted butter softenedplus extra for the tin
- 1 medium Bramleyor large dessert apple (about 200g)
- 125g light brown soft sugar
- 100g caster sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- 225g self-raising flour
- ½ tsp ground cinnamonor mixed spice
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal375
- fat21g
- saturates12g
- carbs41g
- sugars24g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt0.29glow
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly butter a 900g loaf tin and line with baking parchment. Peel and core the apple, then cut into roughly 1cm cubes.
step 2
Using an electric whisk, beat the butter and both sugars in a large bowl until very pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add a little of the flour if the mixture looks like it's about to curdle. Fold in the remaining flour, the cinnamon or mixed spice and a pinch of salt using a spatula, then fold in the apples.
step 3
Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth out with the back of a spatula or spoon to level. Bake for 1 hr, or until risen and golden, and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
step 4
Leave to cool completely in the tin. Will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.
