Little toffee apple cake

Little toffee apple cake

Get children aged 8-14 inspired in the kitchen by making an afternoon tea treat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Method

  1. Ask your grown-up helper to switch the oven on to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Brush a small (500g/ 1 lb) loaf tin with a little oil.
  2. Peel the apple with a potato peeler, then cut it into quarters and cut out the cores. Ask a grown-up for help if you need to.
  3. Grate the apple using a rotary or box grater and put it in a large bowl.
  4. Break the egg into a small bowl. If any pieces of shell fall in, lift them out with a spoon. Add to the apple, then add 3 tbsp oil and the vanilla. Mix well.
  5. Add the flour and sugar and stir together. The mixture is quite stiff so keep going until all of the flour is mixed in. Scrape into prepared tin.
  6. Push 3 toffees into the mix in a row. Ask a grown-up to put the tin in the oven for 30-40 mins or until cooked through. Cool before tipping out and slicing.

Per serving

145 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 21g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 10g, salt 0.18 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2010.

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  • 30 August 2010

    Heidi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a winner, I have to admit I didn't make it but my sister in law made it for lunch. My 2 year old niece thoroughly enjoyed it too!

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    02 September 2010

    DJW commented on this recipe

    What size tin? Looks quite small

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  • 23 September 2010

    Elizabeth commented on this recipe

    I agree, DJW, there's no size given. Heidi, do you know what size tin your sister-in-law used?!

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  • 15 October 2010

    dawn commented on this recipe

    I'm about to try this but put the batter into muffin cups instead. Might need more toffees or perhaps cut in half and put in the middle of the muffins before baking.

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  • 05 November 2010

    Heather_S commented on this recipe

    How much flour and sugar do you put in?

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  • 05 November 2010

    Heather_S commented on this recipe

    Silly me, I just saw how much!

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  • 11 November 2010

    Anja rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very yummy. I made this quantity into 6 muffins. Chopped the toffees in half and pushed one piece in each muffin. Used only 1TB of oil and it came out just fine, and paper cases so no oiling of tins required. Will make another lot this weekend, probably doubling the quantities to get a full muffin tray.

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  • 03 August 2011

    Emily commented on this recipe

    I made six muffins too, with one toffee pushed into each, didn't change the recipe at all otherwise. They took around 30 minutes to cook. Went down very well - my boyfriend ate 3 in one go!

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  • 05 September 2011

    gemminight rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    looks delish. am gonna try for my friends bday as she lives toffee!!! if anyone wants a good muffin recipe then there is a choc and vanilla cupcake recipe on here.

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  • 09 October 2011

    Ann Clark commented on this recipe

    What sort of toffees are "Soft"? My immediate thoughts go to mini Rolos, but I'm sure that's not right.

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    20 November 2011

    JJ commented on this recipe

    I should think the soft toffees are Worther's Chewy toffees

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  • 11 March 2012

    Sophie Boden commented on this recipe

    Made this last night and doubled the recipe to make 12 muffins. Absolutely delicious with a piece of toffee hidden in the middle, next time I might chop the toffee up a bit smaller so there's more of it running through each muffin. I added a sprinkling of demerara sugar and oats to the top to give it a nice crunchy topping!

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  • Binder photo nic

    14 September 2012

    nic rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these today & they are delicious. I too doubled the quantity to make 12 muffins & took another review idea of sprinkling demerara sugar & oats for a lovely crunchy topping. I used some cadbury eclairs & put 1/2 sweet in each muffin. Will be making again.

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  • 20 September 2012

    Camille rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    This really didn't work for me, didn't rise nearly enough. The toffee part was nice though.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 8 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil , plus more for the tin
  • 1 large apple
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 110g self-raising flour
  • 50g golden caster sugar
  • 3 soft toffees
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Per serving

145 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 21g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 10g, salt 0.18 g

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