Winter Apple Cake
About this recipe
Healthiness : (23 votes)
Difficulty: 
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 60 minutes

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 155g butter (at room temperature)
- 150g golden caster
- 4 eating apples
- 2 eggs
- 300g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 200g sultanas
- 100g walnuts (roughly chopped)
- icing sugar for dusting
Equipment
- 23cm square cake tin
- Greaseproof paper
- Large mixing bowl
- Electric whisk
- Grater
- Wooden spoon
- Skewer
- Wire rack
Making and cooking it

- Preheat the oven to 180°C / Gas Mark 4 / Fan 160°C
- Grease and line a 23cm round cake tin
- Put the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl and whisk together until pale and fluffy
- Grate the apple and stir into the mixture
- Mix in the eggs
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, mixed spice, cinnamon and stir into the apple mixture, along with the nutmeg
- Finally fold in the sultanas and walnuts
- Pour into the cake tin and bake for 45 - 60 minutes. You can test if it's cooked by inserting a skewer into the centre of the cake - if it comes out clean it's cooked
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning it out to cool on a wire rack
- When it's completely cool use a sieve to lightly dust the cake with icing sugar

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