Chunky Apple Cake

1 hour

This recipe is from Delia's Cakes.

Apples are superb in cakes, so in the autumn when there are lots of windfalls around, why not make a few of these and freeze them.

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Freezing Chunky Apple Cake

Asked by: Liz

Hi Lindsey What is the best way to freeze the CHUNKY APPLE CAKE? Many thanks Liz

Answered by Lindsey: Hello Liz, You can freeze it whole or portioned for up to 3 months. Here is a useful video… Kind regards Lindsey

Cake without the peel

Asked by: marj

Can I make Chunky Apple cake without using mixed peel. Thank you.

Answered by Lindsey: Yes absolutely. Kind regards Lindsey

Good morning, Lindsey A sugar and spice question! I want to make the chunky apple cake but, as usual, I cannot source a couple of the ingredients. One is the soft brown sugar, I can get Demerara and the ordinary sugar is almost caster sugar as its quite fine, the Demerara is quite coarse. Secondly mixed spice, I have got round cloves, ground ginger, cinnamon sticks and whole nutmeg. Do these constitute mixed spice or is there another spice that should be included? Thank you as ever, Wendy xx

Answered by Lindsey: Hello Wendy, I think the fine sugar will mix in better. Our mixed spice has Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice, Coriander, Cloves & Mace but I think it will still be good with cinnamon and clove. Best wishes Lindsey x

Method

Begin by sifting the flour, baking powder and spices into a roomy mixing bowl, lifting the sieve quite high to give the flour a good airing as it goes down.

Next chop the apples into small dice (with or without peel, just as you like). Then place them in a bowl and toss them with one tablespoon of the sieved flour mixture. Then add the eggs, butter and sugar to the rest of the flour, and using an electric hand whisk, combine them for about 1 minute until you have a smooth creamy consistency. After that fold in the grated orange zest, mixed peel and diced apple. If the mixture seems a little dry, add a tablespoon of milk. Now spoon the cake mix into the prepared tin and level it off with the back of a spoon.

Then bake near the centre of the oven for about one hour or until the cake feels springy in the centre when lightly pressed with a fingertip and just shows signs of shrinking away from the edge of the tin. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. This looks nice dusted with sifted icing sugar just before serving. Store in an airtight tin.

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