Ontario Apple Cake
A moist one-bowl cake heavy with chopped apples and topped with cinnamon sugar.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 50 min
- Total
- 70 min
- Servings
- 12
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 310 kcal
Equipment
- •23 cm square tin
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 310 kcal
- fat
- 14 g
- carbs
- 44 g
- protein
- 4 g
- calories
- 310
Instructions
- 1
Toss the chopped apples with the sugar and leave 15 minutes to draw out juice.
- 2
Beat in the eggs and oil.
- 3
Fold in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, a pinch of salt and the walnuts.
- 4
Spread in a lined tin and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- 5
Bake at 175C for 45-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
- 6
Cool in the tin before cutting into squares.
Chef's tips
The batter looks far too dry until the apples release their juice — resist adding liquid.
Ingredient substitutions
- vegetable oil → melted butter for a richer cake
Storage
Keeps 4 days in a tin; freezes well.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Chopping the apples too fine so they vanish
Serving suggestions
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