Serves:

10

Description:

Enjoy this fruity loaf for a burst of high energy.

Ingredients:

• A little butter or oil to grease the tin
• 3 tbsp flaked almonds
• 3 medium to large apples, e.g. Granny Smith, golden delicious
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup light cream
• 1/2 cup almond meal
• 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
• 1/4 cup walnut halves, cut into pieces
• 2 tbsp sultanas 8-10 pitted dates
• A little extra caster sugar to dust the cake

Method:

1. Grease a bread tin and sprinkle the base and sides with flaked almonds.
2. Peel, quarter, core and dice 2 of the apples. Place diced apple in a bowl, cover and cook in the microwave for 2 minutes. Transfer cooked apple to a plate to cool.
3. Beat eggs, lemon zest and caster sugar together until thick and creamy. Fold through the cream, then the almond meal and flour, but don’t over mix. Gently stir in diced apple, walnut pieces and sultanas.
4. Preheat oven to 160°C.
5. Place half of the mixture into the prepared tin. Gently place pitted dates on top and cover with remaining cake mixture.
6. Peel, halve, quarter and core remaining apple. Cut each quarter into 6 segments and place on top of cake and dust with extra sugar. Bake cake in preheated oven for 1 hour.
7. Allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out.

Recipe by: Gabriel Gate

Website: www.gabrielgate.com