Blackberry & apple loaf

Blackberry & apple loaf

This moist and fruity cake is a great way to get kids to eat fruit, you may have trouble stopping them!

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 10 chunky slices

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours, including baking

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Butter and line the bottom of a 1.7 litre loaf tin (see tip below). In a large bowl, rub the flour, butter and muscovado sugar together with your fingers to make fine crumbs. Measure out 5 level tbsp of this mixture into a small bowl for the topping, and mix in to it the cinnamon and demerara sugar. Set aside.
  2. Coarsely grate the apple down to the core and mix in with the eggs and the zest. Stir the baking powder into the rubbed-in mixture in the large bowl, then quickly and lightly stir in the egg mixture until it drops lightly from the spoon. Don't overmix.
  3. Gently fold in three quarters of the berries with a metal spoon, trying not to break them up. Spoon into the tin and level. Scatter the rest of the berries on top. Sprinkle over the topping and bake for 1¼ -1 hour 20 minutes. Check after 50 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it is browning too much. When done the cake will feel firm, but test with a skewer.
  4. Leave in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out, then cool on a wire rack. Peel off the paper before cutting. Will keep wrapped in foil or in a tin for up to 2 days.
Try

Watching the time

A 9x20x13cm loaf tin is ideal, but if yours is shallower, the cake may cook faster, so test after an hour.

Using seasonal fruit

You could also use raspberries and tayberries, when they're in season.

327 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 23g, salt 0.77 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.

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  • 2007-11-04 17:34:04.138537

    Naomibrook rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2007-11-12 10:27:53.581186

    chutchinson rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious!

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  • 2007-11-17 01:20:27.641666

    msmooo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum, although I did make a few changes, used frozen mixed berries, only had lemon zest, and used brown sugar instead of muscovado & demuera. But I`m sure if i had made it as listed it still would be a good recipe.

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  • 2007-12-12 23:10:23.372013

    LucyNaylor commented on this recipe

    I love this recipe! It's easy and tastes amazing. The cinnamon really adds somthing to it

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  • 2008-02-13 18:14:05.66447

    Cherry ontop rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty and substantial - topping makes this special

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  • 2008-02-25 16:16:30.549955

    annácska rated this recipe

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  • 2008-03-29 12:29:36.679671

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Moist and delicious.

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    2008-07-01 10:54:17.42289

    Ana commented on this recipe

    It's easy and so tasty! Everyone loves it! I've replaced the orange for lemon zest and think it goes better with the blackberies. It's a great way to use the blackberries from my garden!

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  • 2008-07-25 16:34:37.258641

    Gems commented on this recipe

    I really love this cake :) It is moist and really quite delicious.

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  • 2008-08-23 18:08:14.139747

    tartinka commented on this recipe

    uhmmmm....

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  • 2008-09-03 17:55:57.868148

    Janneke commented on this recipe

    Big hit!!

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    2008-09-18 09:30:00.490246

    AJG commented on this recipe

    Soooooooo delicious!

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  • 2008-11-05 13:24:35.631195

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    There were more blackberries than cake. I don't think I weighed carefully enough. Tasty though!

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  • 2009-02-21 20:15:29.287076

    sara rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Definately put fewer berries than recipe says-i put 100g and it was perfect make sure you let it cool completely before turning out and cutting because it WILL fall apart makes a lovely dessert with a touch of custard use a tart apple like a grannies if you want to taste the apple flavour, a soft eating apple doesn't seem to add anything to the taste of the cake the orange zest is a lovely flavour so don't skip it, the crumble topping was the best part of the cake all in all, a very nice recipe-but more like a bread-muffiny treat than a cakey one! xxx

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  • 2009-06-06 20:31:17.165025

    Bungly rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous! Loved the orange zest and put the full amount of berries in which made it really moist and tasty. Took it to a shared lunch and it disappeared in no time! Will definitley make it again.

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  • 2009-07-23 10:54:17.527004

    Bungly commented on this recipe

    Absolutely gorgeous! Very easy to make and delicious. It disappeared in no time.

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  • 2009-08-14 18:51:12.807395

    TWickland commented on this recipe

    Really easy! Really tasty! Excellent way to use up blackberries. A lovely step up from the common crumble!

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  • 2009-08-17 23:06:42.730715

    Heidi Lindley rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tasted amazing, and wasn't hard to do either - will definately be doing this one again!!

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  • 2009-08-26 20:46:05.525861

    paulmcelhoney commented on this recipe

    Fantastic Recipe. I loved it all the more because - being a really addicted forager - I had a glut of blackberries and was looking for a different than the 'norm' recipe. Very tasty, and sooo easy to make. 5 Star.

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  • 2009-08-26 20:47:56.119874

    paulmcelhoney commented on this recipe

    Fantastic Recipe. I loved it all the more because - being a really addicted forager - I had a glut of blackberries and was looking for a different than the 'norm' recipe. Very tasty, and sooo easy to make. 5 Star

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 10 chunky slices

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours, including baking

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327 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 2g, sugar 23g, salt 0.77 g

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