Ingredients

  • 675 g cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  • 1 lemon, juice of
  • 50 g mixed nuts, chopped
  • 50 g sultanas
  • 100 g brown sugar
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius.
  • Put the chopped apples into a large bowl and sprinkle with the lemon juice.
  • Combine the nuts, sultanas, sugar, flour, salt and baking powder and mix well.
  • Stir this mixture into the apples. Add in the vanilla essence and mix again.
  • Pour the mixture into a lightly oiled cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
  • Serve hot or cold. For a moister cake. Add to the ingredients a little fruit juice or water.