Apple Spice Cake

INGREDIENTS

• 125g butter or margerine
• 350g caster sugar
• 2 med sized eggs
• 250g PLAIN flour
• 5g bicarbonate of soda
• 7.5g ground cinnamon and same of ground nutmeg
• 750g dessert apples..peeled and chopped
• and finally a pinch of salt

METHOD

Preheat your oven to 180c (160c for a fan oven) or good old gas Mk 4 and remamber to use the centre shelf! Lightly grease a 23x33 cm cake tin. Cream together butter and sugar and slowly beat in eggs, add sifted flour, ,soda,spices and don`t forget the salt...fold together into creamed mixture then fold in apples. Then turn out into the baking tin and bake for 15 minutes.

Then lower temperature of your oven to 150*c (140c in a fan oven) or gas Mk 2 and allow to bake for a further 45 minutes Total bake time 1 Hour Allow to cool in tin once removed from oven then turn out cake and cut into squares

Be warned however......This cake is thoroughly "moor ish"

Eat and enjoy

Submitted by : Simon - gp83@dial.pipex.com