I always feel a sense of achievement when I manage to use left overs to make something yummy. This was a "baked apple" cake I made earlier in the week using 4 baked apples and their syrup which were left over from our bonfire party. It was so moist and yummy and it made me wonder why I had never made a cake like this before! So next time you make baked apples, add a few extra apples to your tin and use them to make this cake.

Baked Apple Cake

4 baked apples - mine were baked with a mincemeat filling and golden syrup
8oz caster sugar
8oz butter or marg
8oz self raising flour
4 large eggs
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp sour cream

Line and grease a 10inch cake tin. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time and then gently add the flour, cinnamon and sour cream. In a separate bowl, remove the apple skins and mix together the soft apple and any remaining syrup. Fold the apple mixture into the cake batter and pour into the tin. Bake at Gas Mark 5/190oC/Aga Roasting oven below a cold shelf for 40/50mins until the cake is firm to touch. If the cake starts to brown too much before the cake is cooked cover the top with foil.