Toffee Apple Tray Bake Recipe with Ginger

Spiced toffee apple and ginger cake

Name: Spiced toffee apple and ginger cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: serves 12
Ingredients: plain flour 250g; bicarbonate of soda 1 ½ tsp; ground ginger 2 tsp; mixed spice 1 tsp; golden caster sugar 200g; soft light brown sugar 75g; eggs 2; vegetable oil 150ml; Bramley apple sauce 350g; toffee sauce to serve; butter 25g, plus extra for the tin; soft light brown sugar 2 tbsp; eating apples 2, peeled and cut into wedges

1 hour
serves 12
Easy

The apple sauce makes this cake deliciously squidgy. Serve warm as a pudding with cream or ice cream, or just at room temperature with a hot drink

By Janine Ratcliffe

October 23, 2019 at 3:01 pm

Ingredients

plain flour 250g
bicarbonate of soda 1 ½ tsp
ground ginger 2 tsp
mixed spice 1 tsp
golden caster sugar 200g
soft light brown sugar 75g
eggs 2
vegetable oil 150ml
Bramley apple sauce 350g
toffee sauce to serve

APPLE TOPPING

butter 25g, plus extra for the tin
soft light brown sugar 2 tbsp
eating apples 2, peeled and cut into wedges

Method

Step 1

To make the apple topping, heat the butter in a pan and stir in the brown sugar until melted, then add the apples and toss. Leave to cool a little.
Step 2

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a deep 22-23cm square cake tin. Mix the flour, bicarb, ginger and mixed spice in a bowl. Put the sugars, eggs, oil and apple sauce in a separate bowl, and whisk to combine. Gradually add the dry ingredients, beating until combined.
Step 3

Spoon the mixture into the tin. Arrange the apple pieces and drizzle the sauce from the pan on top and bake for 40-45 minutes. Keep an eye on it and cover the cake with foil for the final 5-10 minutes if it’s browning too much.
Step 4

Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out. Serve warm as a pudding or at room temperature. Drizzle with toffee sauce to serve.