First of all, let me apologise for the plate that has appeared in my latest blog photos.

I bought them thinking they would look great with food and in photos.

I was wrong.

So bear with me until I get myself another plate, for display purposes.

And the spot of pink is evidence of my experimentation. I threw in a few red-currents.

Moving on, this is a recipe I must share. Truly, it’s been too long that I have kept this one to myself.

Mum makes this as pudding when we come over for dinner and after years, I finally got the recipe.

It’s like an apple cake, but it’s more like an apple fritter in cake form…hard to describe actually.

But one of my all time favourite puddings.

Bolzano Apple Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

112g (1 stick) of melted butter

1 tsp vanilla

Juice of one lemon

Zest of half a lemon

4 green apples, peeled and thinly sliced (granny smith, or Bramley)

1/2 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

OVEN 180C

Method:

Mix the vanilla into the melted butter and set aside.

Mix the apple slices with the juice and zest and set aside.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt together, set aside.

Whip the eggs and sugar until it is light, thick and ‘forms a ribbon’ when you drizzle. (About 5 minutes on high)

Fold butter into egg mixture.

Alternating, fold in the flour and milk, ending with the flour.

Fold the apples gently into this batter.

Pour into a prepared cake tin and bake till golden brown.