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Dorset apple and almond traybake

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11 Reviews

Total Time
1h 5m
Prep Time
15m
Bake Time
50m
Serves 12
Serves 12
easy
Easy

About the bake

A piece of this cake is made even tastier with a scoop of clotted cream.

14 ingredients7 steps

    Ingredients

      • 2Apple(s) (bramley, large) 
      • Lemon zest (from 1 lemon) 
      • Lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 
      • 220gButter (salted) (softened) 
      • 150gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 
      • 100gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 4Egg(s) (free range) (large, beaten) 
      • 2 tspAlmond extract 
      • 250gAllinson's Self Raising Flour 
      • 100gAlmonds (ground) 
      • 2 tspBaking powder 
      • 1 tbspMilk (whole) 
      • 3 tbspAlmonds (flaked) 
      • 1 tbspUnrefined demerara sugar 

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas mark 4). Grease and base line a 27cm x 20cm baking tray.

    2. Step 2

      Toss the sliced apples with the lemon juice and put to one side.

    3. Step 3

      In a large bowl beat together the butter, sugars, eggs, almond extract, lemon zest, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and milk until smooth using an electric whisk.

    4. Step 4

      Evenly spread half the cake mixture into the baking tray and scatter over the apples, leaving any lemon juice behind.

    5. Step 5

      Top with the remaining cake mixture, don’t worry if the apples peak through.

    6. Step 6

      Sprinkle with flaked almonds and demerara sugar and bake in the oven for 50 minutes until golden and springs back when touched, cover with foil if browning too much.

    7. Step 7

      Leave to cool in tin for 15 minutes before turning out, removing the paper and cutting into 12.

    11 Baker Ratings

    I bake this most weeks for my village pavilion tea & cake mornings on a Saturday and it’s become a firm favourite. I cut down the sugar by 40% and decrease the flour by 25g, whilst increasing the ground almonds by 25g. The recipe also works wonderfully with pear instead of apple. Rather than slice the fruit and preserve with lemon juice, I simply slice the fruit with a peeler straight into the mixing bowl with the cake batter and then give it ten seconds mixing prior to pouring it into the tin.

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    Everyone loves it :) comes out great with GF self raising flour as well x

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