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.