Recently I've fallen in love with, not only baking, but with the website: www.bakingmad.com
I don't really know why I hadn't found it before, but it's excellent! Really makes me love turning on the oven and following a recipe. So, naturally, this recipe comes from BakingMad.com
Originally it was just an apple cake but one of the suggested varieties was to try dates and walnuts. As you may know, dates are some of my favourite foods at the moment and probably now for the rest of time!
My version of the cake has dates and walnuts in the middle, topped with apple and cinnamon and a hard caramel out layer poured in the top.
Here's how you can make it:
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C
(Serves 12)
1. Cream together 100g butter and 100g raw brown sugar until combined and pale
2. Beat in 2 eggs and then add 125g plain flour
3. Mix well
4. Now add 1 tsp of baking powder and +/- 2 tbsp cold water
5. Beat with a metal spoon until everything is combined
6. Stir in 16 pitted dates (diced) and 1 large handful of chopped walnuts
7. Pour the batter into a well greased, small cake tin
8. Now core and peel 1 medium sized apple. Slice very finely and lay on top of the cake batter
9. Now sprinkle 1 heaped tsp of cinnamon and 2 tsps of raw brown sugar on top of the apples
10. Cover with a large handful of sliced almonds
11. Bake for 35 mins (NB. The original recipe says 25-30 mins but I needed longer, so keep checking)
12. Remove from the oven and leave to completely cool
TO MAKE THE CARAMEL:
Put 150g caster sugar in a deep pan and heat over a medium heat until the sugar at the sides begins to melt. Swirl the sugar around and leave to melt. Continue to come back to swirl the sugar until it is all dissolved then immediately pour over the cooled cake.
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