It’s that time of year where we’re all starting to get a little bit excited about Christmas. There are some beautiful festive smells and sounds around, particularly at the Waddesdon Christmas Fair where I was yesterday which inspired me to make this Christmas Spiced Apple Cake.

This cake has all the feeling of the turn of seasons with the colours of Autumn – beautiful! Just in case you need an excuse (and I don’t), it is also a great way of getting rid of apples but alternatively pears work equally as well.

Ingredients

200g Chopped dates

250g Butter

300g Self-raising flour

100g Dark soft brown sugar

100g Demerara sugar

200ml Milk

4 Eggs

3 Braeburn apples (or other sweet variety)

Half a lemon

0.5 tsp Baking powder

1 tbsp Mixed spiced

0.5 tsp Cinnamon

2 tsp Vanilla paste

Instructions

Line and grease a baking tray (30x20cm) and preheat oven to 180 degrees

Add the milk and chopped dates to a pan then heat until milk begins to simmer then set aside to cool

Meanwhile in a big mixing bowl add the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, vanilla and eggs, combine with an electric mixer until combined

Then blend the milk and chopped dates mixture (I use my NutriBullet for this, if you want to win one enter my Christmas competition!) and add the paste to the mixing bowl

Combine all the ingredients then smooth into the baking tray

Now quarter and core the apples, slice as finely as possible and toss with juice of the lemon to prevent browning while you are finishing off

Then neatly lie your sliced apples on top of the mixture – I did mine in lines but you could make any pattern you like so be creative!

Put the baking tray into the oven for 45-50 minutes but keep checking in the last 5 minutes to make sure the apples don’t catch

Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack until cool enough to remove from the tin

This cake is yummy any time but give it a try when it’s still warm out of the oven with a scoop of ice cream or a drizzle of toffee sauce – devilishly delicious!

How did you get along with this recipe? If you have any pictures remember to tag @boolovesbaking on Instagram or Twitter!

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Boo 💚

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