Sunday, 2 February 2025

APPLE SCONE CAKE

Ingredients.....2 and 1/4 cups of self raising flour, pinch of salt, 1 tsp of ground cardamon, 1/2 cup of castor sugar, 60gm margarine / butter, 1 cup of buttermilk, 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced, 2 extra tbs of castor sugar, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1 extra tbs of sugar. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease a 23cm round springform pan and lightly sprinkle with fine polenta. Mix together in a large bowl the flour, salt, and 1/2 cup of sugar.Use your fingertips to lightly rub in the margarine/ butter. Now add the buttermilk and stir with a butter knife into a very soft mixture. Pour the dough in the prepared pan and gently spread the top evenly. Mix together 2 tbs of castor sugar with the cinnamon in a bowl and dip the slices into the spice mixture and then press the slices into the scone/ cake mixture. Finally sprinkle the remaining tbs of sugar over. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until lightly golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Carefully remove from the pan and allow to cool before serving sliced and buttered.

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