Ballymaloe Apple Cake Recipes

Steps:

• FILLING- peel apples, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
• (you should have about 3 cups) In bowl, toss with lemon juice.
• Add raisins, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg; Stir well.
• Add honey and mix throughly; set aside.
• In large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in sugar.
• Make well in center; pour in egg and milk.
• Using fork, stir briskly to make a sticky dough; divide in half.
• Roll out one half between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Fit into lightly greased 9 inch pie plate.
• Spoon filling over dough; place other half of rolled dough on top of filling.
• Press edges together.
• Using sharp knife, cut small slit in centre of pastry top to allow steam to escape.
• Bake in 350F oven for 45 minutes or until cake is golden brown and firm to touch and tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cut into 8 wedges while hot.
• Serve warm and pass whipped cream and brown sugar separately.

Steps:

• Grease an 8in x 2 1/2in (20cm x 10cm x 6cm) loaf pan and warm it in a preheated oven 250¿F/120¿C, for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle the yeast into 2/3 cup (150ml) of the water in a bowl. Leave for 5 minutes; stir to dissolve. Add the molasses. Leave for 10 minutes, until frothy. Add the remaining water and stir.
• Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in the dissolved yeast. Stir in the flour to form a thick batter.
• Use your hands to mix the batter gently in the bowl for 1 minute, until it begins to leave the sides of the bowl clean and forms a soft, sticky dough.
• Place the dough in the prepared pan and cover with a dish towel. Proof until the dough is 1/2in (1 cm) above the top of the pan, about 25-30 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 425¿F/220¿C for 30 minutes, then lower the oven to 400¿F/200¿C and bake for 15 minutes.
• Turn the loaf out of the pan and onto a baking sheet. Return the bread, bottom side up, to the oven. Bake for a further 10 minutes, until golden and hollow sounding when tapped underneath. Let cool on a wire rack.
• Proofing: 25-30 minutes. Oven temperature: 425¿F/220¿C. Baking: 55 minutes Yeast alternative: 1oz (30g) cake yeast

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Add the apples, walnuts, butter, and eggs; stir just until combined.
• Spoon into pan; smooth with a spatula. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar to serve.

Steps:

• Cream the brown sugar, eggs and shortening.
• Add the cold coffee and mix well.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add to to the creamed mixture. Mix well.
• Add the apples and nuts, combining well.
• Pour into a large baking pan, 11x15 works for me. You could also use a jelly roll pan and bake it for less time.
• Bake in a slow oven, 325 degrees for at least 1 hour.