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RECIPE

Blackberry and apple cake

This fruit-packed cake makes a perfect Succot dessert or afternoon tea cake.

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  • place PRE 20 minutes
  • place COOK 50 minutes
  • place SERVES 8 - 10
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  • Heat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan.
  • Line and grease a 22cm round loose-based cake tin with baking parchment.
  • Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs, ground almonds and flour slowly and combine well.
  • Add 2/3rds of the apples to the mixture and all the blackberries.
  • Transfer to the prepared tin and smooth out evenly.
  • Scatter the remaining apples over the surface.
  • For the topping, sprinkle over the cinnamon, demerara sugar and chopped butter.
  • Bake for 50 minutes or until cooked through.
  • Scatter over the toasted hazelnuts before serving and dust with icing sugar.
Ingredients

125g unsalted butter / margarine

125g golden caster sugar

3 large eggs

50g ground almonds

100g self-raising flour

2 Gala, Russet or Pink Lady apples, peeled, cored and cut into 12 segments

100g blackberries

For the topping

1 large pinch cinnamon

2 tbsp demerara sugar

25g butter/ margarine, chopped

25g toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped

Icing sugar for dusting

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