Delicious Dorset Apple Traybake

Delicious Dorset Apple Traybake



Shopping List:

450 gr cooking apples ( i used Breaburn but Bramley is excellent )
juice of 1/2 lemon
225 gr butter, softened
280 gr golden caster sugar (or fine white)
4 eggs, large free range
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
350 gr self-raising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
demerara sugar, to sprinkle (rietsuiker) (optional)


Preheat your oven to 180C. Butter or spray and line your baking tin/tray with baking paper. Peel and thinly slice the apples. Put them in a bowl, pour the juice over them, give them a little toss and set aside.

Put the butter, white/golden sugar, eggs, vanilla and flour plus the baking powder into a large bowl and mix it all until smooth and well combined. ( we call this the all-in-one method)

Spread half the mixture into the tin, arrange the apples over it and put the other half on top of the apples. Sprinkle it with the demerara sugar if you want.

Bake this in your preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until golden and springy to the touch of your fingers. Leave it to cool for at least 10 minutes before you can turn it out and remove the paper.
Cut the traybake into squares and serve with vanilla ice cream, whipped or clotted cream.

This is a very easy cake to make and bake! And really nice!

                                             This is how it comes out of the oven:


                                                                   "Enjoy"