Name: Caramelised apple cake with streusel topping
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter plus 1 tbsp; 175g light brown muscovado sugar plus 1 tbsp; 2 dessert apples peeled and cut into 1.5cm pieces; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 200g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 100ml milk; 25g flour; 85g demerara sugar plus 1 tbsp; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 50g cold butter; 3 tbsp toasted, chopped hazelnuts

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Caramelised apple cake with streusel topping

Caramelised apple cake with streusel topping

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 10 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g butter

plus 1 tbsp
175g light brown muscovado sugar

plus 1 tbsp
2 dessert apples

peeled and cut into 1.5cm pieces
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon
100ml milk

For the streusel topping

25g flour
85g demerara sugar

plus 1 tbsp
½ tsp ground cinnamon
50g cold butter
3 tbsp toasted, chopped hazelnuts

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal464
fat22g
saturates12g
carbs64g
sugars42g
fibre2g
protein6g
salt0.6g

low

Method

step 1

Heat 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp sugar in a large frying pan over medium heat until the sugar starts to melt. Add apples, then cook for about 5 mins, until nicely browned and the sauce is a rich caramel. Leave to cool.
step 2

While the apples cool, make the topping. In a food processor or using the tips of your fingers, rub together flour, 85g sugar, cinnamon and cold butter until the mixture is crumbly and only pea-size pieces of butter remain. Stir in 2 tbsp of hazelnuts. Set aside in a cool place.
step 3

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. To make the cake, place the remaining butter and sugar in a bowl or food mixer and beat until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract. Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and milk in two goes, alternating between dry and wet ingredients. When the mixture is well combined, stir through the apples.
step 4

Grease a 20cm cake tin with removable base and line the base with a circle of baking paper. Spoon in the cake mixture, smooth over the top with a spoon, then sprinkle over the streusel topping. Scatter with the remaining 1 tbsp demerara sugar and hazelnuts. Cook in the oven for 50 mins-1 hr or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then turn out onto a baking rack, remove paper and cool.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2009

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