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berries, cherries & apple cake

Makes 1 cake & serves 6-8 people

ingredients

  • Muesli Crumble-
  • 125g Dorset Cereals Luscious Berries & Cherries
  • 25g unsalted butter
  • Cake-
  • 1 large apple peeled cored and sliced into wedges
  • 175g unsalted butter softened
  • 150g caster sugar and a little more for sprinkling
  • 3 large free range eggs beaten
  • 220g plain flour sieved
  • 2 tsp baking powder sieved
  • 140g pouring natural with a hint of strawberry yogurt
  • 150g raspberries
  • cherries or blackberries
  • Equipment needed-
  • Bowl or food processor
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
  • Shallow frying pan & 20cm round cake tin

method

  1. A lovely cake for afternoon tea a picnic or served warm for pudding
  2. Pre-heat oven to 170°c/gas mark 3
  3. Line and grease a 20cm round cake tin
  4. Start by making the muesli crumble
  5. Melt the butter then mix in the muesli
  6. Stir well and leave on one side to cool
  7. In a shallow frying pan take 25g of butter and 1 tbsp of caster sugar melt and add the apple wedges
  8. Cook until soft and caramelised
  9. Beat together in a bowl the remaining butter and sugar until pale light and fluffy
  10. Gradually add in the eggs and fold in the flour and baking powder
  11. Add the yogurt being carefully not to over-beat
  12. Mix till smooth
  13. Spoon enough cake mixture into the tin to cover the base then scatter a quarter of the muesli crumble and a third of the apple and berries
  14. Repeat twice more
  15. Finish with the remainder of the muesli crumble and sprinkle with caster sugar
  16. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until well risen and golden
  17. Tip: to prevent the cake from burning place a piece of greaseproof paper over the top
  18. Cool on a wire rack
  19. Serve when still warm
  20. Cake will keep in an airtight tin for a week
  21. Try frozen berries - they work really well
  22. Delicious served warm with lashings of custard!
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