We’ve had my Mum and Nan visiting this weekend and since I’m a semi single parent at the moment (Hubby is out of action after falling off his bike and breaking his collar bone), I took the opportunity to get some baking done whilst I had live in babysitters.
I’d been eyeing off this simple Apple & Blueberry Cake recipe from Donna Hay’s ‘Fresh and Simple’ for awhile, and since we had a bowl full of apples and I’d stocked up on frozen berries through the week, the timing was perfect to give it a go. It made a great Sunday afternoon snack/dessert. We ate it warm from the oven, it would be great with ice cream or custard – unfortunately I didn’t have either.
I was impressed with how quickly the cake batter came together, and we all agreed it was a very light cake and the texture reminded us of a tea cake packed with fruity goodness. I was pretty generous with the apples and blueberries and I was happy that the majority of fruit stayed on top of the cake, with a few lovely bits sinking in.
You could substitute with any fruit you had. We’ve got a ton of strawberries in the fridge, so I’m thinking a strawberry/blueberry cake might be next!
Donna Hay's Simple Apple & Blueberry Cake
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup self raising flour - sifted
- ¾ cup castor sugar
- 125 g butter - softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 apple cored & thinly sliced (I used royal gala apples and didn’t peel them)
- ¾ cup frozen or fresh blueberries
- 2 tablespoons demerara sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160 degrees
- Place flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, eggs and milk in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until just combined.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 22cm springform tin lined with non stick baking paper.
- Top with apple slices and blueberries and sprinkle over sugar.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer
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Marian
Made this cake with raspberries instead of blueberries and it was a big hit