Dorset apple cake

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll purpose flour
½cupSugar
3teaspoonsBaking powder
½cupUnsalted butter, cut up
½poundsCooking apples, peeled, -
Cored and finely chopped
1xEgg
½cupMilk

Directions

Butter and flour 8½ x 4 ½ x 2 ¾ - inch loaf dish. Line bottom of dish with waxed paper. Butter and flour paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into large bowl. With a pastry blender or knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine meal. Toss chopped apple in flour mixture. Set aside. In small bowl, whish together egg and milk until blended. Stir into apple mixture until mixed. (Batter will be stiff.) Spread batter evenly in dish.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Cool on rack 10 minutes.

Remove from dish. Cook on rack.