Cider Cake

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I've mentioned before that my Polish neighbour loves baking, and we have regular sessions together. I thought we'd make some traditional British cakes, so as I had a can of cider left in the fridge, we made a Somerset Cider cake. 

It's easy to make, looks simple, but tastes good.

Preheat oven 180C/gas4              Grease and line a 20cm square cake tin.

You need 125g butter which you cream with 125g caster sugar till fluffy. Add 2 beaten eggs and eat in. Mix 225g sr flour with 1 tspn bicarb and 1/2 tspn each of nutmeg and cinnamon [or more if you want it more spicy]. Add half of this to the batter, then add 200ml cider and mix together. Fold in the rest of the flour and spoon into the tin.

Bake for 35-40 mins.

Cool in the tin, then take out and put on a wire rack and sprinkle some caster sugar over the top.








This is a nice moist cake with a light texture.You can certainly get the apple taste from the cider, and I added a little cinnamon to my caster sugar before sprinkling it on top to give it a bit more spice. You could change the spice mix in the cake - maybe some ginger, or try cardamom?


A simple, tasty treat.

Comments

Phil in the Kitchen said…
Sounds lovely. I like the idea of trying some cardamom. It's many years since I made a cider cake and it seems to be one of those recipes that's in danger of fading away. Thanks for the reminder.
19/5/16 4:47 pm
Jean said…
It's unusual not to have eggs in the batter. Looks delicious though.
21/5/16 11:48 pm
Snowy said…
You are quite right Jean, I have forgotten the eggs. Thanks for pointing it out. Have now added them to the post.
24/5/16 12:46 pm
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