Name: Country apple cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 5 medium eggs; 200g granulated sugar; 100ml vegetable oil; 175g plain flour; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground ginger; 5 eating apples peeled, cored and diced, about 600g; 1 tsp each icing sugar and ground cinnamon, for dusting

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Country apple cake

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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5 medium eggs
200g granulated sugar
100ml vegetable oil
175g plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp mixed spice
½ tsp ground ginger
5 eating apples

peeled, cored and diced, about 600g
1 tsp each icing sugar

and ground cinnamon, for dusting

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal372
fat17g
saturates3g
carbs48g
sugars33g
fibre3g
protein7g
salt0.4g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 mins. Pour in the oil and stir well to combine.
step 2

Sieve in the dry ingredients and fold through until the mixture is smooth and well combined before adding the apples.
step 3

Carefully pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once the cake is cool, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2012

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