Monday, 27 January 2014

Apple & blackberry cake made with convenience food

Today at work, I made a lovely cake. It tasted nicer than what i expected. I personally wanted to make nice fresh apple cake but, we had nothing in our fridge, fruits wise..... I talked my boss y'day, they ere cutting on some fresh ingredients due to the wastage. We don't have many old people in the house till the main house gets refurbished. So, they started to get a little more convenience foods.

Well, if granny gives you tins of fruits from her cupboard because she is tidying up her old stocks, sometimes can't refuse, feels really rude not to accept... Then take them home, looking at them thinking, what am I guanna do with them, I only eat fresh fruits..... (^_^;)  She means well, doesn't she? Also, if you are on budget living like me, then decide to buy bargain tin fruits. This is the one of solutions for you.

I made "apple & blackberry cake". I used small tin of apple & blackberry (mixed), when I opened it, it was nice purple colour with cornflourly sauce. To be honest, I wasn't sure what the taste like, I decided to used the tin anyway. (o^^o)



This is how I made: 

1.5 cups flour ( half white flour, a half whole meal flour)
1.5 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup sugar
3 eggs---beaten
a half cup oil
1 tin blackberry and apple (250g can)
handful walnuts---chopped

sift all dry ingredients in a bowl
add sugar
add wet ingredients to the bowl and using bakers spatula, mix well
drop into 2 small loaf tins ( i think about 350-400g tin)
bake at 180℃ for 30mins or skewer comes out clean
*I always set 30mins to start off with, then, check every 5-10mins

Serve with drop of creme fraiche (if you take dairy products) on the side




This cake was really nice, craft was chewy, moist in the middle. I know it's not particularly healthy, but taste nice and turned up to be ideal cake with lovely brew. Rooibos or lapsang souchong  tea will well go with the cake. 

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