Name: Spiced toffee apple traybake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 250g plain flour; 1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp mixed spice; 200g golden caster sugar; 75g soft light brown sugar; 2 eggs; 150ml vegetable oil; 350g Bramley apple sauce; to serve toffee sauce; 25g butter, plus extra for the tin; 2 tbsp soft light brown sugar; 2 eating apples, peeled and cut into wedges

Toffee Apple Tray Bake Recipe with Ginger

250g plain flour
1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
200g golden caster sugar
75g soft light brown sugar
2 eggs
150ml vegetable oil
350g Bramley apple sauce
to serve toffee sauce

APPLE TOPPING

25g butter
plus extra for the tin
2 tbsp soft light brown sugar
2 eating apples
peeled and cut into wedges

Method

step 1
To make the apple topping, heat the butter in a pan and stir in the brown sugar until melted, then add the apples and toss. Leave to cool a little.
step 2
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a deep 22-23cm square cake tin. Mix the flour, bicarb, ginger and mixed spice in a bowl. Put the sugars, eggs, oil and apple sauce in a separate bowl, and whisk to combine. Gradually add the dry ingredients, beating until combined.
step 3
Spoon the mixture into the tin. Arrange the apple pieces and drizzle the sauce from the pan on top and bake for 40-45 minutes. Keep an eye on it and cover the cake with foil for the final 5-10 minutes if it’s browning too much.
step 4
Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out. Serve warm as a pudding or at room temperature. Drizzle with toffee sauce to serve.