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apple honey poppy seed cake

Apple, Honey and Poppy Seed Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12 slices

Ingredients
  

For the cake

  • 125 g brown sugar
  • 130 g margarine or butter
  • 85 g poppy seeds
  • 110 g ground almonds
  • 130 g self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 glug rapeseed oil
  • 2 small apples
  • 1 lemon (zest and juice, divided)
  • honey
  • mixed spice
  • 30 g mixed berries

For the drizzle

  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1-2 tbsp brown sugar or honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
  • Add the brown sugar to a large mixing bowl. Mix with a wooden spoon to get rid of any lumps. Add the margarine or butter and mix together until light and creamy.
  • Add the poppy seeds, ground almonds, flour, beaten eggs, zest of the lemon, vanilla essence and rapeseed oil and mix well.
  • Peel the apples, remove the cores and chop into small cubes. Place into another bowl and mix with some lemon juice, honey and mixed spice.
  • Add the apples to the cake mixture along with the mixed berries and carefully fold in.
  • Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
  • Prepare the drizzle by mixing a little lemon juice with some brown sugar or honey.
  • When cooked, leave the cake in the tin and prick all over with a fork. Pour the drizzle over the top. Leave for 5 minutes, then remove from the tin and allow to cool on a rack.