Batter
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| Lucy enjoys my cake on Boxing Day |
125g Butter
170g Sugar
2 Eggs
100g Ground Almonds
80g Flour (ok to substitute with GF flour)
1 tsp baking powder
125ml milk
1 tsp vanilla
Toppings
12 soft dessert prunes cut into thirds
100g chopped walnuts
2 Green Apples peeled, cored and thinly
sliced
3 tbsp extra sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
knob butter
1. Prepare 23cm cake tin, grease and line
with baking paper. Preheat oven to 190°C
2. To make batter either place all
ingredients into food processor for 10 seconds, run a spatula around the edges,
and process a further 5 seconds OR
cream better and sugar, add beaten eggs and
then fold in the rest of ingredients.
3. Pour batter evenly into prepared cake
tin
4. Push the prunes gently and evenly into
batter
5. Sprinkle walnuts over prunes and batter
6. Cover with apple slices arranged neatly
over the walnuts
7. Bake in oven 35 mins @ 190°C
8. Carefully remove from oven. Quickly
sprinkle over cinnamon, sugar and dobs of butter.
9. Slide cake back into the oven for a
further 15 – 20 minutes or until skewer comes out clean
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| Serve with cream or ice cream, or just eat as is |
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| Thanks to Jill, who was flying from Adelaide to Sydney on Boxing Day I was able to have my cake hand delivered
I usually double this mixture as the cake
keeps well for up to a week in an airtight container. I sometimes make it thicker in a smaller tin or thinner in a
larger tin, it is a very easy cake. Also I have just sliced one apple and layered with stewed quinces, also added half desiccated coconut/almonds. Swap walnuts for
almonds and so on…
Adapted from ‘More Gretta Anna Recipes” p.
192
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