Cooking Recipe's

Apple and Cinnamon Loaf Cake

Author: The Foodies Way. Serves: 1.

Baking Tin: 225mm x 125mm (9"x5") Loaf Tin.

Ingredients:

• 65g Demerara Sugar
• 1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
• 130g Golden Castor Sugar
• 115g Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1.5 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 210g Plain Flour
• 1.5 Teaspoons of Baking Powder
• 115ml Milk
• 2 Eating Apples, Peeled, Cored and Chopped

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 175C (gas mark 4).
2. Grease and flour a loaf tin.
3. Mix together the Demerara sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
4. Beat the Golden caster sugar and butter in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
5. Beat the eggs slowly one at a time.
6. Add the Vanilla extract.
7. Sieve together the flour and baking powder in a bowl and stir slowly into the butter and sugar mixture.
8. Add the milk and stir slowly.
9. Spoon half the cake mixture into the prepared loaf tin.
10. Spinkle over half the apples and half the Demerara sugar mixture.
11. Spoon the remaining half of the cake mixture into the tin.
12. Top with the remaining apples and Demerara sugar mixture and pat down lightly.
13. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Notes:
Make sure all your ingrediants are at room temperature before you begin.

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Gluton Free Apple Cake

These ingrediants will make one 175mm (7inch) glutten free apple cake.

Ingredients:

• 150g Butter or Vegetable spread
• 150g Sugar
• 2 Large Beaten Eggs
• 150g Self Raining Gluton Free Sifted Flour
• 2 Apples, cored, peeled and grated. Do not grate too fine.
• Optional: 2 to 3 additonal apples for decorating the top. Prepare by coring but not peeled.

To make a lactose free cake, make sure you use an appropriate vegetable spread.

Instructions:

1. Preheat an oven to 180C (gas mark 4).
2. Grease a 175mm cake tin or loaf tin, with a loose bottom, using extra butter or vegetable spread.
3. Mix the sugar and butter.
4. Add half the sieved flour to the sugar and butter mixture and mix well.
5. Add the remaining eggs and flour. Mix well making sure all the ingrediants are blended together.
6. Add the grated apple and mix together gently but thoroughly.
7. For the cake option with the extra apple topping.
8. Place the sliced apples in the base of the tin with the peel facing down.
9. Pour the cake miture gently on top of the sliced apples and place in the oven.
10. If you are not using the apple topping option then simply pore the cake mixture into the cake tin, and place in the oven.
11. Bake for 50 minutes until thoroughly cooked.
12. Let the cake cool before gently removing it from the tin.

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Apple and Almond Layer Cake

Ingredients:

• 350g / (12 oz) cooking apples
• 25g / (1 oz) flaked almonds
• 300g / (11 oz) self raising flour
• 1.5 heaped table spoon baking powder
• 110g (3.5 oz) soft brown sugar
• 350ml (12 fl oz) water
• 135ml (4.5 fl oz) sunflower oil
• 1 table spoon almond essence

Instruction:

• Pre-heat the oven to 190C/ 375F (Gas Mark 5).
• Sieve the flour, baking powder and sugar into a mixing bowl and stir.
• Measure the water in a measuring jug, add the oil and almond essence and stir.
• Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients a bit at a time and stir thoroughly, making sure the liquid is fully mixed in before adding more.
• Peel core and slice the applesPour half the cake mixture in to the cake tin, cover with sliced apples and then pour the remainder of the mixture over the apple, making sure the mixture is level.
• Sprinkle the top with flaked almonds.
• Bake for 50 minutes until golden and springy to the touch.

Notes:
Serve warm or cold.
Delicious when served warm with custard (custard powder is vegan), soya cream or vanilla soya ice cream.

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Applesauce Cake (sugar-free and nut-free)

Ingredients:

• 170g (6 oz) cooking apples
• 115 g (4 oz) dates
6 table spoons of water
• 55 g (2 oz) vegan margarine
• 1 table spoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 170 g (6 oz) self-raising whole-wheat flour
• 1 table spoon cinnamon
• Half table spoon nutmeg

Instructions:

1. Peel and chop the apples.
2. Chop the dates.
3. Put the chopped apple and dates into a saucepan with the water.
4. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat, cover and cook until the apple is tender.
5. Cool slightly then out the mixture into a liquidiser and blend thoroughly (alternatively you can mash it).
6. Return the apple mixture to the saucepan and heat again over a very low flame.
7. Add the margarine and stir until it is melted.
8. Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the soda.
9. Add the flour, cinnamon and nutmeg to the pan and stir quickly just until it is all mixed.
10. Transfer the batter to a cake pan (either a 1lb loaf tin or a 6 inch circular cake tin) and bake at 180C / 350F (Gas Mark 4) for about 40 minutes.

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