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Spiced Dorset apple cake with maple glaze.

Old Fashioned Classic Easy Dorset Apple Cake

Dorset apple cake is a lightly cinnamon-spiced cake made in one bowl with lots of tart juicy apples and a crunchy streusel topping.
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Course: Dessert/ Easy Baking
Cuisine: American/ British
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 10 slices

Ingredients

  • 225 g (1 5/7 cups) plain flour
  • 2 teaspoons (2 teaspoons) baking powder
  • Pinch (Pinch) salt
  • 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) mixed spice
  • 175 g (¾ cups) light brown sugar
  • 150 g ( cups) butter, melted and cooled
  • 2 (2) large eggs, beaten
  • 4 (4) medium apples, 3 diced and 1 thinly sliced *see notes

For the streusel topping

  • 55 g (¼ cups) light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) cinnamon
  • 45 g ( cups) plain flour
  • 3 tablespoons (3 tablespoons) butter, cold

For the drizzle

  • 4 tablespoons (4 tablespoons) butter
  • 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) maple syrup
  • 90 g (5/7 cups) powdered sugar
  • Pinch (Pinch) sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) whisky, optional- see notes

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 160ºC fan and grease and line a 20cm cake tin.

To make the streusel

  • in a medium bowl combine all the ingredients together. Using your fingertips rub them together until large chunks form. Set aside while you make the cake.

For the cake

  • Put the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and sugar into a large bowl, Stir in the butter and eggs. Beat together for a minute or two until well combined.
  • Stir in the apples until well distributed throughout the cake batter. Spoon half the batter into the cake tin. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of the streusel over then evenly spoon in the remaining batter. Evenly layer on the apple slices and sprinkle the top of the cake with the remaining streusel. Bake for 60-70 minutes until the cake is starting to pull away from the sides of the tin.
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before lifting out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Make the glaze

  • add the butter and maple syrup to a small saucepan until melted. Whisk in the powdered sugar and the sea salt until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and let set for 10 minutes before serving. Serve the cake slightly warm or at room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer for up to 1 week.

Notes

  1. Be sure to not open the oven during the baking time, otherwise, you may end up with a cake sunk in the middle.
  2. Feel free to add in some raisins if you like. It's not traditional but they would be delicious.
  3. I made this cake by weighing the ingredients, but the recipe card will convert to US measurements.

Nutrition

Calories: 431kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 267mg | Potassium: 167mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 711IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 2mg
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