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  • 8oz self raising flour
  • 2 level tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4oz English butter
  • 5oz soft brown sugar
  • 4-6oz dried apricots, chopped
  • 1tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • Runny honey to glaze
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    Method

    • step 1

      Pre-heat oven to 170c. Butter and base line a cake tin.
    • step 2

      Combine the flour and cinnamon in a bowl. Rub in the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
    • step 3

      Stir in the sugar and apricots. Mix the honey and milk together and add to the dry mixture with the eggs. Mix well with a metal or wooden spoon.
    • step 4

      Spoon into cake tin.
    • step 5

      Bake for 1hour 20min until firm to touch, turn onto wire rack, while warm glaze with honey then glaze again while cooling.
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    A star rating of 2.8 out of 5.4 ratings

    madcatlady196953430

    With a few changes this was a delicious moist cake. I added a 5oz of butter, used caster sugar and whisked all the ingredients together except for the apricots, as I would any other cake. I boiled the dried apricots in water and left to cool before stirring into the cake mix. It took about 45…

    lochanduin57777

    Just a big burnt scone. A waste of butter. Had to add extra milk to get a batter. Cooked at 160 fan for 45 mins and it was nearly burnt. Consistency was crumbly, dry and more like scone. Don’t bother.

    sibartlettijy-9HUu

    I would suggest that the supplier of this recipe has never cooked it. My take on it (and it looks like the picture), miss out the honey and glaze, golden caster sugar not soft brown, extra cinnamon, more milk needed unless you're trying to make scones, and easier to use the creaming method rather…

    marie.stanwayMwL4JyNe

    tip

    I liked the sound of this recipe but the reviews were very mixed. I made it very differently and it was beautiful.

    First off soak the apricots for 3 or 4 hours in enough cold water to cover. Then boil them. I blitzed them into a puree.

    All i followed were the ingredients and i mixed it together as…

    MichaelCap

    question

    Hi there, how wide the cake tin please? Unless I have missed it on the recipe.

    Thank you

    marie.stanwayMwL4JyNe

    I just used a shallow 10 inch.

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