Apple cake

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FoodCycle, cook and serve nutritious meals for people at risk from food poverty using surplus ingredients that would otherwise be wasted. Apples tend to go waste and the charity have become used to cooking with them. They’ve kindly shared a delicious apple cake recipe that’s been honed over time.

At FoodCycle we never know for sure what ingredients we’re going to get. However, there are some things we can usually rely on: including apples! Because of this, we’ve tweaked and honed our apple cake recipe over the years to make it evermore delicious.

It’s relatively healthy compared to many other cake recipes, as it uses yoghurt and sunflower oil rather than butter. You can also replace half the oil with apple sauce or a fruit puree to reduce fat and create a fruitier flavour.

So find yourself with some sad leftover apples? Time to make them into something delicious. This apple cake can also use up other fruits you may have lying around – brown bananas, pulpy plums – anything you have that needs using up.

Variations:

Add one cup of nuts, raisins when you add the apple

Replace half the vegetable oil with apple sauce, banana or another fruit puree to reduce fat and create a fruitier flavour

Replace one egg with two egg whites to reduce cholesterol.

Find out more at www.foodcycle.org.uk and get involved! You can volunteer, or make a donation or sign up for FoodCycle news. Don’t forget to follow FoodCycle on Twitter and Facebook.

Ingredients

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Apple cake

  • 550g of apple, peeled and cored
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml of sunflower oil
  • 100ml of yoghurt, low fat
  • 150g of plain flour, white
  • 125g of wheat flour
  • 150g of caster sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4
2
Peel and chop the apples into small pieces (the smaller the easier the cake will be to cut)
3
In a large mixing bowl beat the sunflower oil and sugar together until smooth, and then add the beaten eggs and yoghurt
4
In a small bowl mix all of the remaining dry ingredients, add gradually to the wet mixture and finally fold in the apples
5
Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch cake tin and cook for 30-40 minutes or until you can stick a knife through the centre that comes out clean
6
Let the cake cool, cut into slices and enjoy!
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Steven is a young charity marketing professional working for FoodCycle, the national network of volunteer-powered community projects working to tackle food poverty and food waste in the UK.

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