I had an abundance of apples in my fruit bowl over the weekend, which makes a change from the over ripe bananas that I usually have inside it! Therefore, naturally an apple cake was on the cards for this weeks playgroup cake.
I figured that an apple cake would also make a lovely change for the playgroup who I bake for twice a week, as they often have banana loaves! (Not that they mind, apparently!).
I found some squidgy raspberries in the fridge so thought that they would go with the well with the apples, to add a touch of tartness and little bursts of moistness. I also had some desiccated coconut lurking in my cupboard, so I decided to add some of that to the cake in place of almonds.
This was an easy cake to make – after all it is the oven that did all the hard work as it does take a while to bake. However, I can assure you that it is well worth the wait, because it was light and tangy and delicious!
So if you fancy having a go at making this, then here is my recipe for this Apple, Raspberry and Coconut Cake
- 150g butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g self-raising flour
- 25 desiccated coconut + extra for sprinkling
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200g eating apples, peeled and cored and thickly sliced
- 12-15 raspberries approx
- Preheat the oven to 160C/140C fan.
- Grease and line a deep 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes until pale and creamy
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for a few minutesAdd the flour, coconut and baking powder and mix well to combine
- Spread half of the cake batter into the prepared tin.
- Lay the apple slices on top of the cake batter in the tin, and scatter the raspberries over them
- Pour the rest of the cake batter over the fruit and carefully spread over to cover
- Sprinkle with some more desiccated coconut
- Bake in the oven for 1¼-1½ hours until golden and cooked all the way through
- Allow to cool before removing from the tin
Perfect served with a cup of tea, and probably a dollop of cream on the side if you have some!
Playgroup loved it too, so yay!
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This cake looks lovely and summery. Thanks for joining in with #BAKEoftheWEEK 🙂
I adore coconut cakes, they’re always light and I bet this one is tasty 🙂 Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare
Such a lovely looking cake, big fans of putting apple in cakes here! Definitely going to have to try this, always looking for recipes for coconut flour in too! #cookblogshare
Sounds delicious. You have mentioned it was easy to make so I will give it a go, hopefully will be also easy to make for me 🙂
This sounds scrumtious!! I feel like you are describing my cupboards at the moment – I also have an abundance of apples, some leftover coconut and some squidgy raspberries! Might have to have a go at this before the apples go too far! Eb x
This looks really light for a cake containing apple. Perfectly summery and I am now wanting a slice with that cuppa you mention. Thanks again for joining in #BakeoftheWeek