Apple Date and Walnut Cakes

Recipe Ingredients

4		Cox's apples - cored, peeled and sliced
4 tablespoons	60ml	Orange juice
6 oz	170g	Brown sugar
4 oz	113g	Butter
1		Egg - beaten (large)
8 oz	227g	Plain flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
4 oz	113g	Fresh dates - chopped
2 oz	56g	Walnut pieces

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Grease a 12 by 7 inch baking tin.

Place apples and orange juice in a pan. Cover and cook over a low heat for 10-12 minutes until soft. Mash to Form a puree.

In a bowl, beat sugar and butter until light and creamy. Beat in egg and apple puree. sift in flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Fold in the chopped dates and walnuts.

Pour cake mixture into prepared tin and bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes until risen and form to the touch.  Allow to cool and cut into 12 squares.

Source:
CHAT Magazine

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