Farmhouse Apple Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190C. Grease and flour a 28cm (11in) loose-bottomed round cake tin or deep dish pizza pan. Peel, core and quarter apples. Slice apple sections crosswise into very thin slivers. Beat eggs and sugar together in large bowl with wire whisk until sugar has dissolved. Sift and stir in flour, then mix in the milk, melted butter and vanilla. Blend mixture thoroughly. Quickly stir in baking powder, then fold in sliced apples. Pour mixture into the prepared tin and bake on the floor of oven for 10 min, transfer tin to center rack and bake for further 50-55 min until cake is golden brown. Turn cake out on a wire cooling rack and leave to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with sifted icing sugar.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a deep 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.
• Mix the flour and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour using your fingers, until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the light brown sugar. Beat in the egg followed by 6-8 tbsp of milk - add it gradually until you have a smooth, thick batter.
• Add the apples and sultanas and mix to combine. Scrape the batter into the prepared tin and gently level out. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar, if using, and bake for 30-40 mins or until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in the tin for 15 mins and then carefully turn out onto a wire rack to cool further. Best served still warm with a little custard.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 170c, butter and base line a cake tin.
• Sift plain flour, with the mixed spice, and bicarb of soda into a large bowl; stir in wholemeal flour.
• Rub the butter in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then add the sultanas and sugar.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and add the milk.
• Beat gently until well mixed and of a dropping consistency, add more milk if needed. Turn into prepared tin.
• Bake in center of oven for 1 hour 40min. Until well cooked.
• Turn out onto wire rack.