Black velvet baby cakes
These gorgeous Irish stout puds are an indulgent treat - and perfect for St Patrick's Day on 17 March
Country apple cake
Serves 8
Easy
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Good Food reader, Magdalena Duggan, shares her grandmother's spiced chocolate sponge packed with fruit from the garden
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- 5 medium eggs
- 200g granulated sugar
- 100ml vegetable oil
- 175g plain flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 5 eating applespeeled, cored and diced, about 600g
- 1 tsp each icing sugarand ground cinnamon, for dusting
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal372
- fat17g
- saturates3g
- carbs48g
- sugars33g
- fibre3g
- protein7g
- salt0.4glow
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 mins. Pour in the oil and stir well to combine.
step 2
Sieve in the dry ingredients and fold through until the mixture is smooth and well combined before adding the apples.
step 3
Carefully pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once the cake is cool, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.
