Blackberry & Apple Loaf
This delightful blackberry and apple loaf cake is a perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavors combined with a moist, tender crumb. The burst of juicy blackberries complements the apple-infused batter, creating a beautiful marbled effect with a crisp cinnamon and demerara sugar topping. Enjoy a slice with a cup of tea or coffee for a cozy and comforting treat at any time of the day.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 250g self-raising flour
- 175g butter
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 rounded tbsp demerara sugar
- 1 small eating apple , such as Cox's, quartered (not cored or peeled)
- 2 large eggs , beaten
- 1 orange , finely grated zest
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 225g blackberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Butter and line the bottom of a 1.7 litre loaf tin (see tip below). In a large bowl, rub the flour, butter and muscovado sugar together with your fingers to make fine crumbs. Measure out 5 level tbsp of this mixture into a small bowl for the topping, and mix in to it the cinnamon and demerara sugar. Set aside.
- Coarsely grate the apple down to the core and mix in with the eggs and the zest. Stir the baking powder into the rubbed-in mixture in the large bowl, then quickly and lightly stir in the egg mixture until it drops lightly from the spoon. Don’t overmix.
- Gently fold in three quarters of the berries with a metal spoon, trying not to break them up. Spoon into the tin and level. Scatter the rest of the berries on top. Sprinkle over the topping and bake for 1¼ -1 hour 20 minutes. Check after 50 minutes and cover loosely with foil if it is browning too much. When done the cake will feel firm, but test with a skewer.
- Leave in the tin for 30 minutes before turning out, then cool on a wire rack. Peel off the paper before cutting. Will keep wrapped in foil or in a tin for up to 2 days.
Yield
Cuts into 10 chunky slices
Nutrition
- Calories: 327 calories
- Fat Content: 16 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 10 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 44 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 23 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 2 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 4 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.77 milligram of sodium
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