Friday Cake Bake #15

I thought I would use up some of my windfalls by making an apple and raisin cake.  This is a shallow, moist cake with the consistency and texture of a bread pudding.  It is lovely served warm from the oven as a pudding with custard, thick yogurt or cream or served cold with a nice hot cup of tea or coffee.  A lovely bake for the cooler days.

Apple and Raisin Cake (rubbing in method)

6oz plain flour

Pinch of salt

A little grated nutmeg

4oz unsalted butter

3oz granulated sugar

8oz raisins

12oz or 5 medium sized apples (unpeeled, cored and grated)

3 eggs

Pre-heat the oven to 180C.  Grease and line an 8 inch cake tin.   In a large bowl, sift the flour with the salt and nutmeg and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles large breadcrumbs.  Stir in the sugar, raisins, apples and eggs without beating.  Pour mixture into prepared tin.

Bake for about an hour and then add on 5 minutes at a time until it is cooked through.  Mine took about 75 minutes.  Remove from the oven  and sprinkle the top with a little sugar if desired.

Let me know if you make it.  It is always good to know which recipes are a hit or a miss!