This Apple Loaf Cake is moist, warming, delicious and perfect for using up seasonal apples.
Apple Loaf Cake
This cake is perfect for using up surplus apples and at this time of year, anyone with an apple tree knows. Even though I no longer have access to one, we used to have one on our allotment and I remember just how many apples we would end up with. No amount of sharing could get them all used up!
When I first made this cake, I totally forgot to put butter in the recipe and ended up with a drier cake which was more bread like. It still got eaten though.
This is a really delicious cake with the warmth from the spices, crunch from the demerara sugar topping. I like to drizzle some caramel over the top too some days because..why not?
Ingredients used in this recipe
- Apples – use any type of apples you want. I have used a variety in the past. If you use Bramley apples, 1 apple will be enough.
- Butter and Eggs – for richness and to combine.
- Sugar – I use light brown and demerara for ac crunchy top.
- Self Raising Flour – for a nicely risen loaf.
- Spices and Stem Ginger – because Autumn calls for a spiced cake. You can omit spices altogether if you prefer not to have them here.
Chopping apples for cake
In order to avoid waste, I use an apple corer but this isn’t necessary. You can just gents remove the seeds and take out the core without taking lots of it off.
I also peel the apples. The best peeler for me has been this one. I also use many of the other OXO branded kitchen items and can personally vouch for their brilliance.
I then chop them into small cubes (or a shape that resembles that lol).
How to make Apple Loaf Cake
The cake batter itself is very simple to make:
Preheat oven to Gas Mark 3/160 C. Line tin.
Coat the apples in flour after chopping them.
Whisk the butter and sugar then add the eggs one by one mixing after each addition.
Add the dry ingredients and fold in.
Add stem ginger and mix together very gently.
Fold in the apples, leaving some for the top. Add to the prepared tin and top with demerara sugar. Maryam (my daughter) used a gold sparkly one.. Bake for 1 hour.
Tips
Sugar – Use white or light brown sugar.
Apples – Use Granny Smith, Bramley Apples or any tart red apples, but nothing too sweet. If you use Bramley apples, 1 apple will be enough. Don’t grate the apples as this releases a lot of moisture and the quantities would need to be adjusted accordingly.
Batter – This batter is similar to muffin batter and should be handled gently. So don’t be tempted to over mix.
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Apple Loaf Cake
This Apple Loaf Cake is moist, warming, delicious and perfect for using up seasonal apples.
Ingredients
- 175 g Butter Softened
- 175 g Caster Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 175 g Self Raising Flour
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon Optional, Adjust quantity accoridng to taste
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger Optional, Adjust quantity accoridng to taste
- ½ tsp Ground Cloves Optional, Adjust quantity accoridng to taste
- 2 pieces Stem Ginger Grated
- 175 g Apples Cored, Peeled and chopped into small cubes
- 3 tbsp Demerara Sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to Gas Mark 3/160 °C/140 °C Fan. Line a loaf tin with a liner or greaseproof paper.
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Coat the apples in 1 - 2 flour after chopping them and set aside.
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Whisk the butter and sugar for 5 minutes and then add the eggs one by one mixing after each addition.
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Gently fold in the Flour, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves.
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Add the stem ginger and mix together very gently.
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Fold in the apples, leaving some for the top. Add to the prepared tin and top with demerara sugar and remaining apples.
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Bake in the middle of the oven for 1 hour or until baked through and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Recipe Notes
Sugar - Use white or light brown sugar.
Apples - Use Granny Smith, Bramley Apples or any tart red apples, but nothing too sweet. If you use Bramley apples, 1 apple will be enough. Don't grate the apples as this releases a lot of moisture and the quantities would need to be adjusted accordingly.
Batter - This batter is similar to muffin batter and should be handled gently. So don't be tempted to over mix.
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