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Apple Gingerbread cake with Cinnamon Icing by Women's Institute

Apple, celery and parnsip soup

Ingredients

  • 1 large cooking apple and cloves to taste
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 6 oz self raising flour
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 3 oz sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 oz black treacle
  • 3 oz melted butter

Instructions

Step 1
Peel, core and slice apples.

Step 2
Cook in water, sugar and cloves until soft.

Step 3
Put the flour and ginger into a bowl and stir in the sugar.

Step 4
Add the beaten egg, apple, treacle and butter. Beat together well.

Step 5
Place in a greased and lined 7" tin. Bake at 180℃ / gas 4 / 350℉ for 40 minutes.

Step 6
This cake can be iced if desired - 1oz butter, 2 oz treacle, 2oz icing sugar, pinch of cinnamon. Mix together and spread on cake.