Leicestershire Apple Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter | 100 Gram | |
| Caster sugar | 75 Gram | |
| 1 egg, size 3 | ||
| Raisin | 150 Gram | |
| Apples | 450 Gram | |
| Caster sugar | 100 Gram | |
Directions
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4.
Cream together the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well.
Gradually add the self-raising flour, beating well.
Stew the apples with the sugar, and drain off any juice.
Divide the pastry into two, and press one half into the base of an 18 x 18cm (7x7 inch) shallow baking tin.
Cover the pastry with the apple.
On a lightly floured board, press the remaining pastry out to a square to fit over the apples.
Bake on the third shelf for forty-five minutes.
When cold, turn out and cut into squares, and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Cream together the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well.
Gradually add the self-raising flour, beating well.
Stew the apples with the sugar, and drain off any juice.
Divide the pastry into two, and press one half into the base of an 18 x 18cm (7x7 inch) shallow baking tin.
Cover the pastry with the apple.
On a lightly floured board, press the remaining pastry out to a square to fit over the apples.
Bake on the third shelf for forty-five minutes.
When cold, turn out and cut into squares, and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Chef
