This traditional Dorset apple cake makes a perfect British tea-time treat and is incredibly easy to make - cooked by Adrian Edmondson on Ade In Britain. Want to try out more tasty British cakes? Check out our 10 best!
Ingredients
- 225 g8 oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 225 g8 oz caster sugar, plus extra for dredging
- 3 large eggs
- 225 g8 oz self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 25 g1 oz ground almonds
- 450 g15¾ oz cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped and then tossed in juice of 1 lemon
- Clotted cream, to serve
Method: How to make Dorset apple cake
Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease a deep 23-24cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper.
Cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy. One at a time add the eggs. If the mixture curdles add a spoonful of flour and stir.
Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. Add the chopped apple pieces and stir until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon into the prepared cake tin, smooth over the top using the back of a spoon. 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. Serve the cake and dredge with extra caster sugar. Cut the cake into generous wedges and serve with clotted cream.
