Dorset Apple Cake

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Dorset apple cake (I have had this recipe for 30 years no idea as to the source)
Ingredients
? 8oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
? 8oz caster sugar, plus extra for dredging
? 3 large eggs
? 8oz self-raising flour
? 1lb Bramley apples
? 1 tbsp Demerara sugar
? Options
? Cinnamon, sultanas, almonds, hazel, nuts, for the last 20 years I have kept a jar of sultanas soaking in rum they are a nice extra sometimes.
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180?C
Grease a deep 8 inch cake tin and line with baking paper.
Peel, core and cut the apples into 1cm pieces, and toss with the lemon juice.
Whisk together the butter, caster sugar and lemon zest in a bowl.
Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, keeping the mixture smooth.
Drain the apple pieces well, then stir into the mixture. See optional extras add at this time
Spoon into the prepared cake tin, sprinkle with Demerara sugar.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well-risen, test with a skewer
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving plate.
 
ooOoOoOo I would love to make that but I guarentee my blood sugars wont enjoy it as much as me
 
Apple Cake

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I have reviewed the recipe since I posted it - looking at it I may make one - but I am n ot going to let myself have much of it!



Steff said:
ooOoOoOo I would love to make that but I guarentee my blood sugars wont enjoy it as much as me
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Looks good, similar to Delia's Old Fashioned Cherry cake only with Apples. My cookbook program estimates 258 gram total carbs per cake so divide into 10 or 12 and it's only about 20g per portion - well worth a punt.
 
Andrew - I know it's early morning but where does the lemon (for the juice and zest) come into the ingredients ? Is it one lemon and its juice and zest or half or ? Please....I want to make this !
 
Other recipes use juice and zest of 1 lemon.

225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
450g Bramley apples
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
225g caster sugar, plus extra for dredging
3 large eggs
225g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
25g ground almonds
1 tbsp demerara sugar
200g clotted cream, to serve, optional

Add ground almonds to make it last longer!
 
Made it yesterday, but looked like it needed more liquid so ended up with 4 eggs. Very yummy, gently heated with some double cream.
 
Doset Apple cake

I find it a dry mixture but it was given it a college and have stuck to it, I think that the apples make a big differnce, depending on the amount of juice - yes very yummy



Vicsetter said:
Made it yesterday, but looked like it needed more liquid so ended up with 4 eggs. Very yummy, gently heated with some double cream.
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I'm thinking of putting cinnamon in mine next time. Just made an old fashioned cherry cake, which is basically the same recipe but with 4 eggs and 200gram glace cherries (with the syrup washed off) instead of the apple. 1hr at 180 +30 mins covered with aluminium foil.
 
Vicsetter said:
Looks good, similar to Delia's Old Fashioned Cherry cake only with Apples. My cookbook program estimates 258 gram total carbs per cake so divide into 10 or 12 and it's only about 20g per portion - well worth a punt.
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I think your cookbook may be giving you the wrong info there. The sugar alone would be more than 200g carbs, the flour another 180 or so, and that's not counting the appes. I'd love to find a fruit cake that had 20g in a portion, that would be wonderful!
 
Plenty of low carb cake etc recipes over on

www.diabetes-support.org

forum, esp in the Archive Forum. Mainly wholly substituting ground almonds for flour, but then you have to make it wet enough by adding yoghurt, but you'll soon get the picture if you have a delve in there.
 
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