Name: Dorset apple cake
Yield: For 6-8 people
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 220 g (7¾ oz) Cox or other red apples, chopped; 60 ml (2 fl oz) buttermilk or regular milk; 220 g (7¾ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 250 ml (9 fl oz) milk; 15 g (½ oz) baking powder; 250 ml (9 fl oz) cream with at least 40% fat; 1 blade of mace; 25 g (1 oz) raw (demerara) sugar; 180 g (6 oz) butter, at room temperature; 1 fresh bay leaf; butter, for greasing; 5 egg yolks; flour, for dusting; 180 g (6 oz) white sugar; 2 eggs

Preparation info

For
6-8
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Oats in the North, Wheat from the South

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

The landscape of south-western England has been marked by its many apple orchards for centuries. It is therefore not surprising that Dorset is proud of its apple cake, which is eaten hot. Of course, you’ll find apple cakes all over Great Britain, but there are regional differences. For example, there are no spices in the apple cakes from the South, but the further north you go, the more spices and dried fruits make their way into the cake. Because we already have a rich selection of cakes w