Name: Blackberry and apple cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 250 gram salted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup caster sugar; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 3 cup self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice; 1 1/4 cup milk; 2 Pink Lady apples, peeled, cored, cut into 5mm-thick slices; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 3/4 cup frozen blackberries; icing sugar to dust; whipped cream to serve

Blackberry and apple cake

This wonderfully moist and deliciously sweet blackberry and apple cake recipe is fantastic served for morning or afternoon tea with loved ones. Be sure to enjoy with a hot cup of tea or coffee!

Serves 10

Prep

25M

Cook

1H 30M

Total

1H 55M

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Ingredients

250 gram salted butter, softened

1 1/2 cup caster sugar

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 eggs

3 cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon ground mixed spice

1 1/4 cup milk

2 Pink Lady apples, peeled, cored, cut into 5mm-thick slices

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon brown sugar

3/4 cup frozen blackberries

icing sugar to dust

whipped cream to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderately low, 160°C. Lightly grease a deep, 22cm springform pan and line pan with baking paper.

2.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, caster sugar and vanilla together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.

3.Fold in sifted combined flour and mixed spice, alternately with milk. In a bowl, toss apple in lemon and brown sugar.

4.Pour one-third cake batter into pan. Cover evenly with a layer of apples and blackberries. Pour over remaining batter. Bake for 1 ½ hours until cooked when tested (see tip). Cool in pan for 10 minutes.

5.Dust with icing sugar and serve with whipped cream.

Cake is cooked when a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean and dry.

Note

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