Granny’s Apple Cake

Wed, 14 April 2021

We're taking a trip down memory lane back to granny's kitchen as Catherine Leyden is making a traditional 'Granny's Apple Cake'

Ingredients:

115g/4oz Odlums Coconut Flour

175g/6oz Butter or Margarine

175g/6oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar

3 Eggs

4 tbsp of water

1 level teaspoon Goodall's Cinnamon (optional)

3 Apples (peeled & cored)

 

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.
2. Beat butter/margarine, sugar and water together. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Stir in the flour and cinnamon, if used.
4. Roughly chop 2½ apples and stir into the mixture, then transfer to the prepared loaf tin.
5. Slice the remaining half apple into thin circles and arrange on top of mixture.
6. Bake for 40-50 minutes approx. Allow to stand in tin for about 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire tray to cool.
7. To finish, dust with sieved icing sugar. Enjoy