Sunday, 18 April 2010

Apple Cake

Apple Cake is a versatile dessert, you can use any fruits like pears,strawberrys,blueberry and raspberry etc.
Dorset apple cake and Somerset apple cakes are the traditional forms of this cake,respectively from Dorset and Somerset,England.It is a English country style,rustic cake...Hope you enjoy my simple and easy version....





Ingredients:

Apple-3-4(peeled,cored and diced)any apples,i have used royal gala
Plain flour-1cup
Eggs-2
Sugar-6tbsp
Salt pinch
Butter-4tbsp(soft)
Baking powder-2tsp
Cinnamon powder-1/2tsp
Nutmeg powder-1/2tsp
Custard/whipped cream to serve
Icing sugar for dusting


Method:
1.Sift plainflour with baking powder and salt.
2.Blend butter and sugar until soft and creamy with a wooden spoon.
3.Add eggs one by one blend nicely with wooden spoon.
4.Now add sifed plain flour to the mixture part by part mix well.
5.Add diced apples and cinnamon powder,mixwell,tranfer the mixture into 
greased square cake tin.
6.In a preheated oven at 180'C for 30-35 minutes.
7.Remove from the oven, leave it to cool on a wire rack.
8.Dust with icing sugar,serve with custard or whipped cream.

21 comments:

  1. I loved the apple cake..was wondering if 2 tsp baking powder would be too much for 1 cup of flour..what was ur experience?

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  2. Lovely looking cake. Nice click to go with it.

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  3. Beautiful click and cake looks yum

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  4. Apple cake looks scrumptious and tempting..

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  5. i love apple cake....ur looks fabulous....yummy...

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  6. looks delicious. i'm sure it's a great combo with the custard.

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  7. Thanks all of you for your lovely words... Harini dear,this amount of baking pdr is required for the apples to bake perfectly,as you know i have used more apples than flour,plz try and let me know...

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  8. Oh! I simply crave for apple cakes... Your prep seems just out of this world..... Would u mind inviting me home for a bite.... I would love & be on my toes to go for it... Brilliantly executed.... to perfection... Its like there can not be anything better than this......

    Ash...
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  9. Thanks Asha for your lovely words!yaa I find, it is a easy and delicious apple cake recipe!..You are always welcome to my house dear,i will be happy to bake for u... :))

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  10. looks yummmmmmm
    i just love fruits in cakes..and this one seems super

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  11. This is my favorite! looks so perfect!

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  12. Looks really yummy.. :)will surely try it out..

    Thanks for visiting my site. :)

    You have a wonderful site too. will keep coming back :)

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  13. Wow, apple cake looks appetizing...love it.

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  14. This is so yummy and beautiful click too...

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  15. Wonderful cake ...looks so good and yummy. Its looking sooo soft... First time here, Will be back soon too as I loved ur space.

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  16. Apple cake looks fantastic!!
    http://padhuskitchen.blogspot.com/

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  17. wow.. looks really lovely .. awesome.. following you

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  18. Wow..lovely and yummy applecake..

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  19. I like the first picture. The cake looks lovely.

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  20. wow delicuos cake ..really lloks so superb..i know how much tasty this cake is..good one yarr

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  21. Drooling over ur pics...aple cake that is new to me..looks yum

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