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.
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