uad1031@relay.eu.net (10/26/90)
Here's a recipe for a favourite cake of mine.... be warned, it'll
do no good to your waistline at all !! It's adapted from a recipe
which appeared in 'Taste' magazine in 1987 or '88, used without
permission.
West Country Apple Cake
-----------------------
* 8oz (250g) plain flour
* 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
* pinch salt
* 4oz (100g) butter
* 8oz (250g) dessert apples, peeled and cored
* 4oz (100g) sugar
* 2oz (50g) sultanas
* 1 beaten egg
Grease an 8-inch (20cm) round cake tin, and make sure you do it
*well*. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Sieve flour,salt and
baking powder in a bowl, and rub in butter until the mixture looks
like fine breadcrumbs. Or if lazy like me, bung the whole lot in a
food processor and whizz for a few seconds.
Cut apples into half-inch dice, and mix with the sugar and sultanas
in a bowl. Add the flour mixture, and stir well. Then add the egg
and mix to a soft crumbly dough. Add no extra liquid, even if it
looks totally crumbly !! Press the mixture lightly into the cake
tin, and bake for 50 mins, or until nicely brown. Then turn the
cake out onto a wire rack (see, I told you to grease it well),
and leave to cool.
The traditional way to eat this is to split it in half and spread
with butter, but I like it on its own, or served as dessert with
cream.
best wishes,
Julian Templeman ..ukc!dircon!uad1031