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Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 2:49 pm    Post subject: Dorset Apple Cake Reply with quote
    

Does anyone have a good, tried and tested, recipe for Dorset Apple Cake they'd be willing to share?

sean
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cassy does. linky

gil
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It should be in the recipe database, or in a past thread about a Scottish DS meet-up. Tis cassy's recipe, and it's yummy.

sean
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hah.

Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oh, it does sound good, but it has almonds in it and I've got an allergy

Do you think I cold just miss them out or would I need to add something else to make up for them?

marigold



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just leave the ground almonds out, you could add another 25g of flour, but it probably won't make much difference.

Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
Just leave the ground almonds out, you could add another 25g of flour, but it probably won't make much difference.

Thanks.

gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513701.

This one is lovely,made a couple for our allotment sale at the weekend.

Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gardening-girl wrote:
https://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513701.

This one is lovely,made a couple for our allotment sale at the weekend.

Oh, a foreign version Sounds lovely. I like the addition of the cider too

oldish chris



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 4:59 pm    Post subject: Apple cake Reply with quote
    

Some of these recipes look a tad complicated. The recipe that I use is basically pudding mix with chopped up bramley in it:

12oz SR flour
6 oz marg or butter,
6 oz sugar,
18oz apple (peeled, cored and roughly chopped)

bung the dry stuff in a bowl, rub together until breadcrumb consistency, mix in apple, add just enough milk to make a sticky dough. Put dough in a bread tin, gas 4 (180C) for 50 odd minutes.

When cooled a bit, tip out and eat.

(smaller quantities mean that there isn't enough left over to share, I have found.)

Edited to add, apple weight is after peeling etc - we're talking free food!)

Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

oldish chris wrote:
Some of these recipes look a tad complicated. The recipe that I use is basically pudding mix with chopped up bramley in it:

12oz SR flour
6 oz marg or butter,
6 oz sugar,
18oz apple (peeled, cored and roughly chopped)

bung the dry stuff in a bowl, rub together until breadcrumb consistency, mix in apple, add just enough milk to make a sticky dough. Put dough in a bread tin, gas 4 (180C) for 50 odd minutes.

When cooled a bit, tip out and eat.

(smaller quantities mean that there isn't enough left over to share, I have found.)


Edited to add, apple weight is after peeling etc - we're talking free food!)


Thanks - I'm spoilt for choice now

I'll give one of these a try in the next day or so and let you know how it goes.

anoia



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 7:22 pm    Post subject: Apple cake Reply with quote
    

Just to add another choice:

500g Self raising flour
375g sugar (Caster and soft brown mixed)
1tsp ground cinnamon
1/2tsp bicarb
Pinch salt
100ml orange juice
250g sunflower oil
3 large eggs
625g apples, weighed after chopping
Demerara sugar

Grease sides and line base of large tin (tray bake type, mine is 9x13x2 inches). Oven to 190C.

Mix together dry ingredients in a big bowl.
Peel and core cooking apples. Chop to about 1cm cubes, and mix with orange juice to stop them browning.
Make a well in flour mixture, and add eggs, oil and juice drained off apples. Stir until flour almost mixed in, then add apples. It should be fairly stiff but still soft enough to spread into the tin.
Put into tin and level off, sprinkle with demerara sugar.
Bake for 30 mins, reduce heat to 150 C and cook until done (centre not too sticky, but apples will stay wettish, about 20 mins more in my oven.) Cool in the tin for a bit if there is time,before turning onto a rack, then reversing so it is right side up.

I do this because I'm lazy, and there is no creaming or rubbing in involved, but it does work. It makes good muffins too, probably because it was a muffin recipe to start with before I decided it was easier to use one big tin.

Mithril



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 11 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

anoia wrote:
Just to add another choice:

500g Self raising flour
375g sugar (Caster and soft brown mixed)
1tsp ground cinnamon
1/2tsp bicarb
Pinch salt
100ml orange juice
250g sunflower oil
3 large eggs
625g apples, weighed after chopping
Demerara sugar

Grease sides and line base of large tin (tray bake type, mine is 9x13x2 inches). Oven to 190C.

Mix together dry ingredients in a big bowl.
Peel and core cooking apples. Chop to about 1cm cubes, and mix with orange juice to stop them browning.
Make a well in flour mixture, and add eggs, oil and juice drained off apples. Stir until flour almost mixed in, then add apples. It should be fairly stiff but still soft enough to spread into the tin.
Put into tin and level off, sprinkle with demerara sugar.
Bake for 30 mins, reduce heat to 150 C and cook until done (centre not too sticky, but apples will stay wettish, about 20 mins more in my oven.) Cool in the tin for a bit if there is time,before turning onto a rack, then reversing so it is right side up.

I do this because I'm lazy, and there is no creaming or rubbing in involved, but it does work. It makes good muffins too, probably because it was a muffin recipe to start with before I decided it was easier to use one big tin.

Thanks

Solorn



Joined: 22 Oct 2008
Posts: 26
Location: Somerset
PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 11 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I use the same recipe as oldish chris and it never fails to turn out perfectly. Sometimes I add spices, sometimes I add pears, it's always great.

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