Caramel apple loaf cake

Caramel apple loaf cake

Moist cake topped with a sticky, crunchy topping will keep your guests coming back for more

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Freezable

Loaf can be frozen before decorating

Method

  1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and ends with a long strip of baking paper.
  2. Beat together the butter, sugar and vanilla until pale, then beat in the eggs, one by one. Tip in the flour, cinnamon and yogurt. Peel, core and chop apples into small chunks, then add to the bowl and mix everything together with a wooden spoon.
  3. Scrape into the tin, smooth the top and scatter the walnuts down the middle. Bake on a middle shelf for 1 hr 20-30 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
  4. To decorate, put the toffees in a small saucepan with the double cream. Gently heat, stirring, until toffees have melted into a smooth caramel sauce. Cool for about 1 min while you gently turn out the cake. Slowly drizzle the toffee sauce over the top of the cake. Scatter immediately with the extra walnuts - they should stick where they hit toffee. Leave for 10 mins before serving. Best fresh but will keep in an airtight tin for 3-4 days.

490 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 53g, fat 29 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, sugar 30g, salt 0.64 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010.

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  • 28 October 2010

    Girl From the Farm rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is beautiful - I'm amazed at how moist and tasty it is! I did what some others suggested and didn't bother with the caramel topping. Made my first one yesterday and am probably going to make another one today as it seems to be vanishing very quickly! Cooking time for me was spot on 1 hour 20 mins. Lovely lovely.

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    29 October 2010

    pen rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved the idea of this cake, but next time I will make it as a traybake so that there is more topping.

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  • 31 October 2010

    Agika rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this cake! It's so easy to make and so fast to eat :) I didn't use the topping, it was sweet enough without is.

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  • 31 October 2010

    LadyBugg rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 04 November 2010

    Florence rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this cake today for bonfire night tomorrow (if it lasts that long)!! Lovely and moist, the caramel topping is delicious!

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  • 05 November 2010

    SophieH commented on this recipe

    My loaves rose well and then sank slowly after they were brought out of the oven. I amn't sure if I just didn't bake it long enough or simply just too much apple in the recipe so next time I think I will put in a bit less apple and bake for just a little bit longer. Also I might grate the apple like some other people have said they did. Did other people have this problem? Or was it just me and the HeidiJ?

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  • 06 November 2010

    britkk5 rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    i have to say this was rather stodgy, even leaving it in an extra 10 mins. Maybe something to do with altitude (zero, or even negative) here in Savannah, Georgia. Will try it again, or as a banana bread recipe, but using the apples and spices as suggested, plus the caramel and almonds. We liked the combination of flavours... but for here in the South of the USA the cake itself did not work well.

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  • 06 November 2010

    britkk5 commented on this recipe

    The cake was rather stodgy, but maybe it had something to do with the altitude here in Savannah, Georgia- USA (zero, or even negative!). Will try it again as a banana bread recipe with the apples, walnuts and caramel, as we liked the flavour combination. Cannot yet fault the recipe itself... trial and error!

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  • 12 November 2010

    Vero commented on this recipe

    very nice! easy and quick, mixing the ingredients takes surprisingly short time. baking - slightly long.. Apples add a lot to the taste - the more the better i think..

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  • 14 November 2010

    EmmaCook rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 28 November 2010

    Shnook rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Not a fan of this. I found the sponge average and boring, and the melted toffee's on top weren't very nice, and I like Werthers! Average cake.

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  • 09 January 2011

    Isabelle commented on this recipe

    I make this regularly, a firm family favourite! I used hard toffees (Tesco's own value brand!) and they melt easily.

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  • Binder photo Roz

    25 January 2011

    Roz commented on this recipe

    Am in process of making this cake from Good Food 101 Slow cooking recipes.P198. In the recipe it states PLAIN flour so checked on Internet (AFTER I'd added and mixed in PLAIN flour!!!) thought it odd that no Baking Powder mentioned. So please use SR if following recipe from book!!!! Roz

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  • 05 February 2011

    Meredith rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Moist & delicious. I'll definitely be making this again. I wasn't able to find any soft toffees either so made my own toffee/caramel mixture and drizzled that over the top instead. Worked a treat.

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  • 05 February 2011

    Lauren rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Could only find Werther's Originals sweets, they work just the same but take a while to melt with the cream, and set harder on top of the cake.

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  • 27 April 2011

    Coffeebean rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This cake is absolutely delicious, baked it today as I had some apples to use up and we ended up having it for supper because we couldn't resist having another slice! Very easy to make but it looks impressive - ideal combination!

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  • 16 May 2011

    Abinatti74 commented on this recipe

    Cake was YUMMY!!! My Caramel topping didnt work still to tofee-ish (hard), but the apple cake worked well on its own! Will definitely make again!

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  • 16 May 2011

    Abinatti74 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Forgot the stars! 5's all round!

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  • Binder photo lou

    28 May 2011

    lou commented on this recipe

    Gorgeous cake and works well with Doves gluten free flour.

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  • Binder photo Bex

    13 July 2011

    Bex rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Didn't make the topping as didn't have the ingredients on hand, but this cake was delicious and a huge hit all round. I did grate the apples for a finer texture, and gave them a quick squeeze to get some of the excess moisture out. This cake was still moist and I'll definitely make it again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Freezable

Loaf can be frozen before decorating

Ingredients

  • 175g soft butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 4 rounded tbsp Greek yogurt
  • 2 eating apples
  • 50g walnuts , very roughly chopped, plus 1 tbsp extra, chopped
  • 50g soft toffees (we used Werther's chewy toffees)
  • 2 tbsp double cream
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490 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 53g, fat 29 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, sugar 30g, salt 0.64 g

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