Dorset Apple Cake

Ingredients:
225g (8oz) self-raising flour

Ingredients

1 teaspoon salt
100g (4oz) butter
450g(1 Ib) cooking or dessert apples, peeled, cored and chopped
100g (4oz) caster sugar
2 eggs, beaten 
25g (1oz) soft brown sugar

Sugar, Apples, Flour, Salt

Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the flour and rub in to a breadcrumb consistency. Mix in the apples, caster sugar and eggs. Turn into a greased 20-23cm ( 8-9 inch) cake tin. Level off the top and sprinkle with the brown sugar.
Bake in a preheated moderately hot oven (200C, 400F, Gas mark 6) for 30-40 minutes. 

Final Cake

Before Baking

Allow to shrink slightly before turning out on to serving platter.
Serve hot with clotted cream, or split and buttered. If eating cold, cool on a wire tray before serving.  

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