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Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 12
Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 680
grams
Cooking apples 450
grams
Blackberries 75
grams
Caster sugar
Juice and rind of 1 lemon 10
milliliters
Arrowroot mixed with 15
milliliters
Cold water 75
grams
Unsalted butter 75
grams
Caster sugar 1
Egg,
lightly beaten
5
milliliters
Baking powder 75
grams
Ground almonds 225
grams
Plain flour 2 1/2
milliliters
Ground cinnamon 12
Whole almonds to decorate
Directions:
Peel, core and slice cooking apples and place in a pan with blackberries, sugar, lemon juice and rind and 45 ml water. Simmer gently for 10 mins until the fruit is just softened. Add arrowroot mixture and stir until thickened. Cool.
To make the base and topping, blend together butter and sugar in a processor unti soft and fluffy. Add beaten egg, baking powder, ground almonds, flour and ground cinnamon and process until just crumbly. Turn mixture into a bowl.
Grease and line a 23 cm springform pan. Turn out 2/3 of the crumble mixture onto a floured surface and knead gently together to combine. Use to cover base of prepared pan, simply pushing any cracks together.
Spread cooled blackberry and apple mixture over base.
Sprinkle reserved crumble mixture evenly over fruit topping and decorate with whole almonds. Bake at 350 F for 50 mins until pale golden.
Serve warm or cold.
Source: Woman Sept 20/93
From the collection of Karen Deck
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