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Apple Cake
- Serves
6–8
- Difficulty
Medium
Published 2016
This cake is a great celebration of fruit and is, once again, inspired by my beloved Antie Rebecca who used to make a fabulous apple sponge cake topped with custard for family functions. She was a brilliant baker and this cake just hit all the right notes for a boy like me; it had apples and custard and cake, three of my favourite things. Not much has changed. But in my version the apples must still be slightly firm – you need to be able to bite into the fruit; no pap (mushy) fruit, please!
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Hi Paul – here is a clarification from the author:
"800g Granny Smith apples is 4 normal sized apples, cubed in small 1cm size, caramelised with butter and sugar (brown sugar works too). If too much apple for your liking you can also take 120g dark brown sugar, 100ml boiling water and 3 tbsp unsalted butter. Stir together and pour over batter before baking."
i.e. apples vary in size quite a bit and Granny Smiths are on the larger size - they can be up to 200g / apple.
Hope that addresses your concerns!