Spiced apple muffin cake with pecan streusel topping

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 ounces Bramley apples; (weight after
; peeling and
; coring), chopped
; into 1/2\" cubes
4 ounces Butter
10 ounces Plain flour
1 tablespoon Plus 1 tsp baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
1 Heaped tsp ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
½ Whole nutmeg; grated
2 larges Eggs at room temperature
3 ounces Golden caster sugar
6 fluid ounce Milk
2 ounces Pecan nuts; roughly chopped
3 ounces Self-raising flour
3 ounces Demarara sugar
1 Round tsp ground cinnamon
1 ounce Soft butter
1 tablespoon Cold water

Directions

FOR THE PECAN STREUSEL TOPPI

a 9"/23cm springform cake tin, lightly greased and the base lined with silicone paper (parchment)

Preheat oven to 375f/190c/Gas 5.

1 Put the butter in a small saucepan and melt on a gentle heat. Then, as with all muffin mixtures, sift the dry ingredients twice.

2 Put the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and grated nutmeg in a sieve, and sieve into a bowl. In a large mixing bowl whisk the eggs, sugar and milk, pour the melted butter into the egg mix and give it a good whisk.

3 Sift the flour mixture again straight in on top of the mixture and fold it in using as few folds as possible.

4 Ignore the lumpy mixture you're now faced with, and don't overmix. Fold in the apple and spoon the whole lot into the tin, levelling off the surface.

5 For the Topping: Add the flour, sugar and cinnamon to the same bowl, and rub in the butter with your fingertips until crumbly. Sprinkle in the nuts and cold water, and press the mix loosely together. It will still be quite lumpy.

6 Spoon the topping on the cake surface and bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 1¼ hours, until springy in the centre. Cool the cake in the tin for 30 minutes before removing the sides.

7 Slide a palette knife under the base and cool the cake on a wire rack.

Serve as fresh as possible on its own or warm as a dessert with whipped cream, creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 96 Calories (kcal); 10g Total Fat; (93% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 28mg Cholesterol; 194mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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