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Polish apple cake

We always have an abundance of apples around this time of year as we have apple trees growing in our garden. This is therefore the perfect recipe to put some of our hoards of apples to good use.

It’s a family favourite from a Jewish recipe book we’ve had for as long as I can remember. When I first came across it as a child I used to pronounce it as ‘polish’ apple cake like shoe polish! So ever since then, that’s how we’ve pronounced it. So here you go, (shoe) polish apple cake:

(I also recommend serving it with cream and fresh fruit such as strawberries if you’re having it as a dessert, but it’s of course also delicious on its own if you fancy it more as a cheeky mid-morning snack!)

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Polish Apple Cake

Ingredients

375g self-raising flour

3-4 large cooking apples (or a mixture of cooking & eating)

2 tsp ground cinnamon

350g caster sugar

4 eggs

250ml vegetable oil

120ml orange juice

2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp salt

 

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 30 x 38cm/ 12 x 15in square cake tin and line with greaseproof paper. Thinly slice up the apples, but don’t peel.

Put the sliced apples in a bowl and mix with the cinnamon and 5 tbsp of the sugar. In a separate bowl beat together the eggs, remaining sugar, vegetable oil, orange juice and vanilla essence until well combined. Sift in the remaining flour and salt, then stir into the mixture.

Pour two-thirds of the cake mixture into the tin and top with one-third of the apples. Then pour over the remaining cake mixture and top with the remaining apple (decorate into a pattern if you like).

Bake for about 1 hour, or until golden brown. Cut into squares.

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My food philosophy: I am not a vegetarian or vegan but will often make creations that cater for this lifestyle, it’s fun to try new things and I’m all for making food that everyone can enjoy! I’m a firm believer of ‘everything in moderation’- balance is key!

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