Easy Apple & Honey Cake

Easy Apple & Honey Cake

Easy Apple & Honey Cake

I wanted to make another Apple Cake for Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy. Here it is Apple & Honey Cake and it’s lovely!

I’ve been thinking for a long time how to do this to keep it as easy as possible and to make a cake that you can also eat as a pudding!

It’s a corker – I promise

Well I think I’ve cracked it!

Apple & Honey Cake

Moist Honey Cake with Apples Recipe

I wanted it to be really moist and so I did a huge amount of research.  

I  decided I’d try adding some soured cream into the mix.

I also have an easy One Bowl Apple Cake that I think you would love too 

 

What actually is sour Cream? 

Sour cream is what the name says it is, a sour cream.

Or you could say it’s cream that has  turned sour.

Usually  micro organisms as used to make the cream turn sour.

In doing so, it also thickens the cream and creates a lot of other flavours within the cream.

 

Why Sour Cream in your cake? Richness

Sour cream is made from cream and as such contains a decent amount of fat.

You add fat to your cake to make your cake richer. More creamy you could say 

Cakes that do not contain any fat at all tend to be really light, delicate and usually drier  f

It is supposed to keep it moist and I’m really happy to say it certainly flipping does.

 

 

Honey Cake with apples perfect for many occasions

Serving suggestions for your apple & honey cake

This cake has a nice dense texture, perfect to have warm with cream, custard or ice-cream (made both?)

And equally as good cold with a brew!

This lovely cake is sturdy enough for a lunch box too!

I’d call it a tin cake, you know one to always have in the tin incase anyone pops round (not sure how long it would stay in the tine as it’s so good!) .

It’s delicious but not too ‘fancy.’ Do you know what I mean?

A good basic

 

Apples in cakes

So any dessert apples will do,  but the Pink Lady ones are lovely, but as I said any will work perfectly!

I love apples especially in cakes!

There’s something so fresh and delicious about apples in cakes!

Im not sure what it is but I love it!

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So go on have a bake of the Easy Apple & Honey Cake .

It’s super easy and super lovely.

I’m sure you’ll love it too

Another Honey Loaf 

I think if you like honey in cakes you’d love my Easy Honey Loaf 

Another Apple Cake

Oh and let me know what you think and if you like Apple Cakes you are sure to love Freda’s Apple & Fruit Loaf  it’s so so popular! (especially on Pinterest?)

Full of dried fruit and delicious served with a slice of cheese

Freda’s apple & fruit loaf

Thanks Clare

 

I think you might like this Apple Strudel too 🙂 

Oh and here’s a great Apple Strudel Recipe – great as as Autumn Pudding 

And very easy (a little bit cheaty too) 

Puff Pastry Apple Strudel baked

 

Apple & Honey Cake

Easy Apple & Honey Cake

4.75 from 8 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8
Calories: 440kcal
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A super most fresh apple cake with a lovely honey flavour

Ingredients

  • 150 g Softened Butter
  • 225 g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Free-Range Medium Eggs
  • 225 g Self Raising Flour
  • 100 g Soured Cream
  • 2 Pink Lady apples peeled, cored and cubed (or any dessert apples)
  • 1 Tablespoon runny Honey
  • Drizzle of runny Honey for top

Instructions

  • Preheat oven 180C (160C fan) / 350F / Gas4
  • Line a rectangular cake tin with baking parchment and grease well (10' x 8') Guess you could also make it round too and thus 8' tin) or a Loaf tin 15 x 4
  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. I used a stand mixer. It can be done by hand and banish those bingo wings?
  • Next add one egg at a time, beating throughly, if the mix starts to curdle add a tablespoon of the flour.
  • Carry on adding the eggs until all combined
  • Add the flour and mix until smooth
  • Then add the soured cream and apple chunks, giving it a good old stir
  • Finally stir through 1 tablespoon honey
  • Tip into the lined baking tin and smooth top
  • Give it a quick drizzle with honey - I went diagonal stripes
  • Pop in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes until firm to the touch and golden brown (time dependant on cake tin size) If you are using a loaf tin -  bake will be approx 40-45 minutes!
  • Remove from  the oven, cool for 10 minutes and tip onto a cooling tray
  • Serve warm with custard / cream or ice cream or leave to cool and have a square with your brew!

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Apple & Honey Cake
Amount per Serving
Calories
440
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
20
g
31
%
Saturated Fat
 
12
g
75
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
5
g
Cholesterol
 
129
mg
43
%
Sodium
 
177
mg
8
%
Potassium
 
133
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
 
60
g
20
%
Fiber
 
2
g
8
%
Sugar
 
38
g
42
%
Protein
 
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
 
690
IU
14
%
Vitamin C
 
2
mg
2
%
Calcium
 
38
mg
4
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Comments

  1. If I store in fridge how long will it keep for?

    1. oh about 3-4 days – thank you! x

  2. 5 stars
    Is the oven temps Fan or conventional?

    1. I’l just updated – thanks

  3. Does this cake freeze?
    Do you think I would spoil it if I used 3 apples?
    Thank you. I am looking forward to trying this lovely looking cake.

    1. This info is on the post – yes it does freeze
      I haven’t tried with 3 apples – but feel free too x

  4. 5 stars
    Hi Clare. Thanks for answering my question. I did make the cake with 3 apples – they were fairly small. The cake was delicious. It seemed to taste even nicer the next day and it froze very well. Thanks again.

  5. 4 stars
    Hi Clare. Thanks for answering my queries. I made the cake with 3 apples – 2 were smallish. The cake was delicious and seemed to taste even better the day after. It froze well too. Thanks again.

  6. 4 stars
    I halved the quantities because of the cake tin sizes I have and used two apples . It was soft and fell apart a bit on removal. Any clues? I did wonder if my two apples were bigger than yours and the cake couldn’t bind together as there was no weight mentioned.

    1. sorry Martin – I don’t know – so many factors when you change the recipe? Thanks

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