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Bramley apple & clove cake
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- Serves
8
- Difficulty
Easy
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By Eleanor Ford
Published 2024
Apple married with clove is as intrinsically autumnal as soft golden sunlight and papery leaves. As this loaf cake cooks, it will fill the kitchen with a rich, warm scent to wallow in.
It is rare for clove to get solo star billing in baking - it’s usually buried below cinnamon and ginger. Teddy Roosevelt, though, clearly knew a good thing as he favoured a clove cake above all others. In his case, it was one dark and sticky with molasses and dried fruit. This is an altogether gentler
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Made this to offer to the audience at ckbk's in person event with Eleanor Ford and Orlando Murrin at the North London Book Festival. It seemed to go down very well. Clove is the star or the show for a change here, rather than being a bit player. The bramley apple and the crunchy brown sugar provide the perfect backdrop for cloves to show their stuff. I used a brand new jar of cloves, and I think that helps - all the complex aromatics were there to enjoy. Normally I am a bit of a clove sceptic, but this recipe is a winner…
Great served warm with ice cream as a dessert, but also very good just with a cup of tea.
Comes together like a dream. Great flavour with the clove a definite star, but not dominating the scene completely. Served warm with lightly whipped cream this was a great dessert. The texture is light and moist. Would definitely make this again.