Dorset apple cake
- Published: 30 Sep 06
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A regional apple cake recipe deserving of global pleasure. This cake is made with fresh bramley apples, lemon juice and zest. Serve with clotted cream.
(If you love a chunky apple cake, take a look at our similar apple, raisin and cider cake.)
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Serves 8
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Hands on time 25 mins, 1 hour baking time, plus cooling
Ingredients
- 225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 450g Bramley apples
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 225g caster sugar, plus extra for dredging
- 3 large eggs
- 225g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 25g ground almonds
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease a deep 23-24cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Peel, core and cut the apples into 1cm pieces, and toss with the lemon juice.
- Using an electric hand whisk, cream together the butter, caster sugar and lemon zest in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, adding a little flour with each addition to keep the mixture smooth.
- Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. Drain the apple pieces well, then stir into the mixture.
- Spoon into the prepared cake tin, lightly level the top and sprinkle with the demerara sugar. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well-risen, brown and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. If the cake starts to look a little too brown, cover with a sheet of baking paper after about 45 minutes.
- Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving plate. Dredge heavily with the extra caster sugar. Cut the cake into generous wedges and serve warm with a spoonful of clotted cream, if you like.
- Recipe from October 2006 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 518kcals
- Fat
- 28.6g (15.9g saturated)
- Protein
- 6.8g
- Carbohydrates
- 62.6g (41.1g sugars)
- Salt
- 1.2g
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5 Star all the way, I was looking for things to make to use the windfalls from the bramley apple tree in my garden, what an amazing apple cake, so light & moist, this is a winner & a keeper.
Delicious cake. Made it with apples from my neighbour’s apple tree. Gifted not stolen! Followed recipe exactly and it is now my favourite cake.
Delicious cake. The sugary crust is a lovely addition. My only criticism is the instruction to remove from the tin after just 10 minutes cooling – this made it crack badly. Leave it to cool for longer before trying to handle. Would be nice re-warmed in the oven and served with ice cream.
Needed a recipe to use some leftover apples. Had to omit lemon as none in freezer. Beautiful delicate sponge with little cubes of apple. Took it into work. Demolished within a few hours and people asking for recipe. Success!