Triple Apple Cake with Orange

5 from 1 vote

An easy to bake cake with apple three ways and orange zest for flavouring. Plus the added delight of chunks of orange flavoured chocolate.

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert

Cuisine: British

Keyword: apples, cake, chocolate, milk chocolate, oranges

Servings: slices

Calories: 294kcal

2 large cooking apples (I used an unnamed Cornish variety from my mother's garden)
1 tbsp lemon juice
200 g golden caster sugar
60 ml rapeseed oil
2 large eggs (I used duck eggs)
3 tbsp apple butter
200 ml Greek yoghurt
150 g wholemeal spelt flour
150 g white spelt flour (I used 120g white spelt, and 30g quinoa flour)
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
pinch fine sea or rock salt
1 orange zested (I used 2 tsp dried powdered orange zest)
50 ml cider
100 g orange milk chocolate finely chopped (I used Divine)
1 tbsp demerara sugar

Peel, core and chop the apples. Place in a bowl and stir in the lemon juice to stop them going brown.
2 large cooking apples, 1 tbsp lemon juice
Beat the sugar, oil and eggs together until thick and creamy.
200 g golden caster sugar, 60 ml rapeseed oil, 2 large eggs
Beat in the apple butter followed by the Greek yogurt and orange zest.
3 tbsp apple butter, 200 ml Greek yoghurt, 1 orange
Sieve in the dry ingredients, discarding any particularly large bits of bran left in the sieve.
150 g wholemeal spelt flour, 150 g white spelt flour, 1 ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), pinch fine sea or rock salt
Stir until everything is just about incorporated, then mix in the cider.
50 ml cider
Finally stir in the chocolate and apples.
100 g orange milk chocolate
Spoon into a 23cm round silicone cake mould or lined tin.
Scatter the demerara sugar over the top.
1 tbsp demerara sugar
Bake for 40 mins in a preheated oven at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) or until the cake is well risen and golden and an inserted skewer comes out more or less clean.
Leave to cool for ten minutes or so, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Delicious served warm with cream for pudding.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They're approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.