There are still lots of blackberries on the bushes and when I go for a walk I feel as if I have to pick them – it would be wasteful not to! So going for a walk yesterday resulted in me making this blackberry and apple cake. It is based on a recipe from the BBC Good Food site.
First I rubbed some butter into some plain flour and then added some light brown muscovado sugar.
I then put a little of this mixture to one side to use for a crumble topping adding some cinnamon and demerera sugar. To the main bulk of the mixture I added some baking powder.
I then grated some apple and mixed it with egg and orange zest.
The egg and apple is then folded gently into the flour mixture to make a soft dough.
At this point most of the blackberries were added.
However, to prevent them sinking to the bottom of the cake I tossed them in a little flour first.
I then gently folded them in to the cake batter and put the batter in a lined 2lb loaf tin.
The remaining blackberries were sprinkled on the top of the cake.
Followed by the crumble topping.
The cake was then baked in a cool oven for about 1 1/4 hours until it was golden and cooked through.
This recipe is also lovely made with raspberries, apple and lemon or blueberries, pears and orange.
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