Apple Wine Cake

If the seventeen steps involved in making this cake are more than you want to tackle, try this simpler version instead; like the original, it is both unusual and refreshing. Omit the jelly rolls, use all four sponge layers, and double the amounts of apples, raisins, and poaching liquid. Divide the fruit mixture in half after cooking, reserving the most attractive apple wedges for decorating the cakes. Assemble the cakes as described in the main recipe, placing the second sponges on top of t