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Dorset Apple Cake

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Dorset Apple Cake

A moist Dorset apple cake, spiced with cinnamon and topped with crunchy demerara sugar, best served warm with custard.

Total time
75 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
55 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

200gbutter, softened
200gbrown sugar
3eggs
200gself-raising flour
1 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspbaking powder
3Bramley or Cox apples, peeled and diced
2 tbspdemerara sugar
custard or creamto serve

Instructions

1

Beat butter and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time.

2

Fold in flour, cinnamon and baking powder.

3

Fold in apples.

4

Pour into a greased 20cm tin. Scatter with demerara sugar.

5

Bake at 180°C for 50-55 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
782
Protein
9.9g
Fat
44.7g
Carbs
88.7g
Fiber
1.8g
Sodium
432mg

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