Ballymaloe Apple Cake
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3 cortland apples or 3 northern spy apples
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon clove
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon liquid honey
- 1/4 cup raisins
- brown sugar
- whipped cream
Recipe
- 1 filling- peel apples, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
- 2 (you should have about 3 cups) in bowl, toss with lemon juice.
- 3 add raisins, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg; stir well.
- 4 add honey and mix throughly; set aside.
- 5 in large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder.
- 6 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- 7 stir in sugar.
- 8 make well in center; pour in egg and milk.
- 9 using fork, stir briskly to make a sticky dough; divide in half.
- 10 roll out one half between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 inch thickness.
- 11 fit into lightly greased 9 inch pie plate.
- 12 spoon filling over dough; place other half of rolled dough on top of filling.
- 13 press edges together.
- 14 using sharp knife, cut small slit in centre of pastry top to allow steam to escape.
- 15 bake in 350f oven for 45 minutes or until cake is golden brown and firm to touch and tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
- 16 cut into 8 wedges while hot.
- 17 serve warm and pass whipped cream and brown sugar separately.
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