Apple and pecan cake
Ingredients (serves 6)
Melted butter or margarine, for greasing
2 medium Granny Smith apples
220g (1 cup) caster sugar
185g (1 1/4 cups) plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp allspice
125g pecan nuts, roughly chopped
1 egg, lightly whisked
125g butter,
Melted cream or vanilla ice-cream, to serve
PREHEAT the oven to 180°C.
Line a 20cm baking dish with non- stick baking paper and grease with melted butter or margarine.
Peel, core and halve the apples, then cut into 1/2 cm thick slices.
Combine with caster sugar, plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, allspice and pecans.
Add egg and melted butter and stir ingredients together until well combined.
Spoon evenly into prepared baking dish and bake in preheated oven for 55-60 minutes or until the cake is firm to touch.
Stand in dish for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Serve warm or cool with cream or ice-cream.
The full article contains 164 words and appears in Bridlington Gazette & Heral newspaper.
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Last Updated:
29 April 2008 3:35 PM
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Source:
Bridlington Gazette & Heral
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Location:
Bridlington
