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Bake this apple cake with black treacle icing, then check out our Dorset apple cake, toffee apple cake, apple pie, apple crumble, apple tart and more apple recipes.

  • 200g unsalted butter
    softened, plus extra for the tin
  • 200g soft dark brown sugar
  • 50g black treacle
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 (about 300g) apples
    cored and grated
  • 50g pecans
    chopped
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1⁄2 tsp fine sea salt

ICING

  • 150g butter
    softened
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp black treacle
    plus extra to drizzle

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal536
  • fat28.9g
  • saturates16g
  • carbs63.2g
  • sugars48.8g
  • fibre1.4g
  • protein5g
  • salt1g

Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter a deep 24cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Tip the butter into a bowl with the sugar and treacle, and beat with an electric whisk until really light and fluffy. Crack in the eggs, one at a time, whisking well in between each addition.

  • step 2

    Fold in the grated apple, pecans, flour, bicarb, spices and salt, then scrape into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when poked into the middle. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool fully.

  • step 3

    To make the icing, beat the butter with an electric whisk until really soft. Add the icing sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, whisking in between each addition until you have a light, fluffy icing. Whisk in the treacle until fully incorporated.

  • step 4

    Put the cooled cake on a cake plate or stand and spoon the treacle icing over the top, gently spreading it to the edges with the back of the spoon. Drizzle with a little extra black treacle, if you like. Cut into slices and serve.

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Authors

Adam Bush Chef Portrait
Adam BushDeputy food editor
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