Spiced apple cake

We had a very slow start to the day, although I was conscious I needed to get the second coat of hard wax oil on the stairs, our plan for the day was really about catching up on bits of admin and doing our french lesson. The morning went well with lots of little wins, and after french we both went outside to finish off oiling the stairs.

when we came in I decided to bake a cake. We still had some of the ‘acquired’ apples left over, so I decided to make a spicy apple cake. The recipe I had used sultanas. I had bought some in readiness for the mincemeat, in case I decided it needed them, but I thought I could use them for this instead. However, I was still 50g short, so I added some walnuts I had. I must say it was rather delicious.

The full recipe less the walnuts is here. I did think this would make a tasty light Christmas cake, I would change it slightly by soaking the sultanas in some brandy to give it that Christmas kick. A simple decoration or just some holly leaves with a dusting of icing sugar would finish it of nicely.