Apple & Wensleydale Cheese Cake
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • **FOR THE CAKE**
  • 250g unsalted butter
  • 250g muscavado sugar
  • 250g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 medium eating apples, grated
  • 100g wensleydale cheese, crumbled
  • **FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING**
  • 25g unsalted butter
  • 25g self raising flour
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 1-2 tsp cinnamon (depending how spicy you like it)
Instructions
  1. Grease and line a 6inch loose botomed baking tin
  2. pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  3. Cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 mins until pale and soft
  4. Add all of the eggs and a spoonful of the fllour and beat well for a few minutes until light and airy
  5. Fold in the remaining flour and spices
  6. Then carefully fold in the grated apple and cheese
  7. Pour into the cake tin
  8. In a clean bowl, rub the flour and butter together to make fine-ish breadcrumbs
  9. Stir in the cinnamon and sugar
  10. Pour over the top of the cake batter
  11. Place in the oven and cook for approx 75 minutes until cooked right through. If it looks like it might be going too brown, cover with foil
  12. Once cooked, remove and allow to cool before removing from the tin
  13. Enjoy with a cuppa and a nice dollop of clotted cream would go down very nicely with it.
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/10/apple-wensleydale-cheese-cake.html