Spiced toffee apple cake

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• fay

  10 March 2012

  fay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just fantastic!

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• Sali

  20 May 2012

  Sali rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Other than the dates, this was quick and simple. Tasted nice too, personally I would serve with more toffee sauce. And next time I will add more mixed spice.

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• Mrs N

  22 June 2012

  Mrs N rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is just fantastic! Really moist, not too sweet and totally delicious even without the toffee sauce. It took much longer to cook than the recipe said - more like 1hr 20 mins (my oven is a bit pants but even allowing for that it would have been more like an hour) but was worth it. I didn't chop the dates at all but left them to soften in the warm milk for ages. They whizzed up really nicely, and the cake had a few chunks of date that actually worked really well. My one minor criticism is that the toffee flavour is quite subtle - I might experment with half dark brown sugar, half light brown sugar next time. I'll definitely be making this again.

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• Janine

  22 July 2012

  Janine commented on this recipe

  This recipe is a firm family favourite. But I found it does take longer to cook than the recipe suggests - closer to an hour.

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• Davina

  19 August 2012

  Davina commented on this recipe

  Love this recipe. I have made it for a couple of school coffee mornings and is very very popular.Even got my kids to eat it. I have made it with more dates total of 300g and it was so moist. I also found that M&S Toffees works very well

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• chillichilli

  12 October 2012

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• Katharine

  12 October 2012

  Katharine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Recipe very easy to follow. Turned out beautifully. Would bake again.

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• Ronnie

  14 October 2012

  Ronnie commented on this recipe

  Absolutely a winner - instant winner thank you

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• annácska

  31 October 2012

  annácska rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Such a gorgeous cake!! I didn't feel like bothering with the apple, put it in a round tin, cut into two and filled with home-made prune jam. Like Emily, I also used a mixture of whole wheat flour and white flour. I certainly will make it again and again.

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• Mummytot

  03 November 2012

  Mummytot rated and commented on this recipe

  

  In a word, scrumptious, easy to make very soft and moist it did not hang around long with 3 children!!!!

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• Philippa

  05 November 2012

  Philippa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was OK. I found it quite hard to eat as you would take a bite and end up dragging a load of apple off the top of the cake leaving what remained a little dull. If I were to make again I would either peel the apples or maybe chop them up and add them to the cake batter. I made a sticky toffee pudding sauce to serve with it and also served it with a dollop of creme friache which was nice. I wouldn't make it again as Ottolenghi's apple cake with maple cream cheese frosting is a similar but MUCH nicer cake.

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• Julie

  10 November 2012

  Julie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great cake, toffee sauce compliments the tart apples

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• Julie

  10 November 2012

  Julie commented on this recipe

  Great cake, toffee sauce compliments the tart apples

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• Frantic Flapjack

  13 November 2012

  Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Sugar and spice and all things nice!! Loved this cake. Beautifully soft and with a lovely apple and toffee topping.

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• StoneFruit

  18 November 2012

  StoneFruit rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A little bit on the dry side.

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• hoopoe

  26 November 2012

  hoopoe rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Disappointing. I found the texture of the cake a bit stodgy and didn't think the taste was anything special. Also I think my sauce was a bit too runny because "a handful of toffees" and "a good splash of milk" are vague quantities.

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• allanceella

  26 March 2013

  allanceella rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Apple is my love.It must be yum =) http://www.foodmachinesale.com/product/Fruit_Processing_Machine/apple-slicing-machine.html

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Ingredients

• 200g dates , roughly chopped
• 200ml milk , plus a splash
• 250g butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
• 280g self-raising flour
• 200g light soft brown sugar
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tbsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 small red apples
• squeeze lemon juice
• handful of toffees
• a little icing sugar , for dusting

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MAKES 15 squares

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Prep 45 mins

Cook 1 hr

Ingredients

• 200g dates , roughly chopped
• 200ml milk , plus a splash
• 250g butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
• 280g self-raising flour
• 200g light soft brown sugar
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tbsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 small red apples
• squeeze lemon juice
• handful of toffees
• a little icing sugar , for dusting

PER SERVING

327 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 42g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 27g, salt 0.53 g

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