Rachel's apple fudge cake

This apple upside-down cake with a delicate brown sugar fudge sauce is decadent, rich and delicious with softly whipped cream

Rachel's apple fudge cake

SERVES

8

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

40

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Baking

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Butter the sides of the tin and line the base with a disc of greaseproof paper.

  2. Peel and cut the cooking apples into eights and arrange in a single layer in the tin (this will be the top of the cake when it’s cooked) and turned out. Sprinkle over the dark brown sugar.

  3. Put all the cake batter ingredients into a food processor and whiz to combine. Pour it over the apples and sugar in the cake tin.

  4. Cook in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until the cake is spongy in the centre. Wait for it to cool for 2 minutes before turning out. Next make the fudge sauce. Combine and melt the butter, sugar and lemon juice. Stir and pour over the cake when it’s cool.
    This recipe is from Rachel's Favourite Food by Rachel Allen.

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Ingredients

  • 2 large cooking apples, such as Bramleys

  • 50g dark brown sugar

  • 175g butter

  • 175g light brown suga

  • 175g self-raising flour

  • 4 eggs

  • 110g butter

  • 110g light brown sugar

  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

  • Equipment:

  • 10in (25cm) sauté pan or a spring-form tin.

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Butter the sides of the tin and line the base with a disc of greaseproof paper.

  2. Peel and cut the cooking apples into eights and arrange in a single layer in the tin (this will be the top of the cake when it’s cooked) and turned out. Sprinkle over the dark brown sugar.

  3. Put all the cake batter ingredients into a food processor and whiz to combine. Pour it over the apples and sugar in the cake tin.

  4. Cook in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until the cake is spongy in the centre. Wait for it to cool for 2 minutes before turning out. Next make the fudge sauce. Combine and melt the butter, sugar and lemon juice. Stir and pour over the cake when it’s cool.
    This recipe is from Rachel's Favourite Food by Rachel Allen.

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