Handicraft, Horticulture and Cookery

Set Recipe -Devon Apple Cake (Class 1)
450g/16oz Cooking Apples
225g/8oz Plain Flour
115g/4oz Sugar
115g/4oz Butter
2 Eggs
1 ½ level tsp Baking Powder
½ level tsp Cinnamon
Pinch of Salt
30g/1oz caster/Soft Brown Sugar for topping off

Method
Preheat oven to 230°C / 450°F /gas 8 (adjust for Fan Ovens)
and grease a 18-20cm/7-8in cake tin

Peel and core the apples and cut into various sized rough pieces.
(You should have about 350g/ 12 oz)
Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and then work in the eggs. Add the apple and mix in well.
Turn the mixture into the baking tin.
Sprinkle the 30g/1oz of sugar on the top and bake for 50-60 mins until golden brown.
If the top starts to brown too quickly, cover the top of the tin with foil removing it a few
minutes before the end.
Leave to cool in tin for 10 min before placing on a wire rack.
If the base appears a little too moist you can place the cake back in the oven, upside down,
and allow to dry a little.

Eggs

Women's Institute Class:
To Include:
A Decorated Cake - To Be Judged on Decoration Only
An Arrangement of Flowers in a Recycled Container
A Potato Plate Pasty, A Bottle of Ginger Beer
An Item of Craft Made from Something Recycled
A Poster Depicting Make Do and Mend