Dorset apple cake recipe

By Debbie Major

  1. Serves 8
  2. Takes 25 minutes to make, 1 hour to bake, plus cooling
  3. Rating

There are as many versions of this cake as there are cooks but we love this lemony one. Serve with clotted cream.

tried and tested
Dorset apple cake

Ingredients

  1. 225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  2. 450g Bramley apples
  3. Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
  4. 225g caster sugar, plus extra for dredging
  5. 3 large eggs
  6. 225g self-raising flour
  7. 2 tsp baking powder
  8. 25g ground almonds
  9. 1 tbsp demerara sugar

Method

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease a deep 23-24cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Peel, core and cut the apples into 1cm pieces, and toss with the lemon juice.
  2. 2. Using an electric hand whisk, cream together the butter, caster sugar and lemon zest in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, adding a little flour with each addition to keep the mixture smooth.
  3. 3. Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. Drain the apple pieces well, then stir into the mixture.
  4. 4. Spoon into the prepared cake tin, lightly level the top and sprinkle with the demerara sugar. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well-risen, brown and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. If the cake starts to look a little too brown, cover with a sheet of baking paper after about 45 minutes.
  5. 5. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving plate. Dredge heavily with the extra caster sugar. Cut the cake into generous wedges and serve warm with a spoonful of clotted cream, if you like.

Nutritional info

Per serving: 518kcals, 28.6g fat (15.9g saturated), 6.8g protein, 62.6g carbs, 41.1g sugar, 1.2g salt

Comments

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dw

August 31

I wouldn't advise changing it as baking recipes especially usually need to be accurate to work and this has been tested to work as is. If you don't like the amount of almonds try a different apple or cake recipe. There are loads of great ones on this site. Good luck.

N Lyle

August 29

If I didn't put the almonds in do you think I could just put more flour in?

swedie

March 28

This has got to be the bast last minute cake ever., all the ingredients are stuff that you always have home. It is a clear winner for me

lizzafezza

August 26

This cake is so easy to make and is gorgeous. Great on it's own, with custard, cream or ice-cream.

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