Brilliantly british apple and walnut cakes

Brilliantly british apple and walnut cakes

By Benjamin Ho
20’ Prep time
25’ Cook time
45’ Total time
318 Calories
1 Serving

Summary

Tea is the quintessential british drink to serve with cake. try teapigs darjeeling earl grey - its floral, citrus notes balance the cake's sweetness.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 190ºC, gas mark 5. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Place the flour in a large bowl then, using your fingertips, rub 50g of the butter into the flour until it’s well blended. Stir in the grated apples, walnuts and brown sugar.
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Step 2

Beat together the egg, vanilla and milk then stir into the apple mixture. Divide between the paper cases and bake for 20–25 minutes until firm and golden. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
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Step 3

Beat together the remaining butter and soft cheese until smooth, then mix in the icing sugar and cinnamon. Spoon over the top of the cooled cakes and sprinkle with crystallised ginger.

Ingredient

  • Walnuts
    Walnuts
    75 grams
  • Butter
    Butter
    100 grams
  • Ground cinnamon
    Ground cinnamon
    0.5 tsp
  • Icing sugar
    Icing sugar
    100 grams
  • Light brown muscovado sugar
    Light brown muscovado sugar
    125 grams
  • Essential waitrose soft cheese
    Essential waitrose soft cheese
    100 grams
  • Essential waitrose semi skimmed milk
    Essential waitrose semi skimmed milk
    100 mls
  • Essential waitrose self-raising flour
    Essential waitrose self-raising flour
    250 grams
  • Large waitrose british blacktail free range egg
    Large waitrose british blacktail free range egg
    1
  • 4 best of british apples
    4 best of british apples
    1 pack
  • Cooks’ homebaking vanilla extract
    Cooks’ homebaking vanilla extract
    0.5 tsp
  • Cooks’ homebaking crystallised sprinkling stem ginger
    Cooks’ homebaking crystallised sprinkling stem ginger
    2 tbsp
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