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MAKES 15 -20 s lic e s
PREPARATION TIME 35 minutes
COOKING TIME 40 minutes

O250g butter, plus extra for greasing
O4 medium eggs
O250g dark brown soft sugar
O100g caster sugar
O1tsp almond extract
O200g self-raising flour
O100g wholemeal spelt flour
O50g ground almonds
O2tsp baking powder

O125g Bramley apples, peeled,

cored and thinly sliced

O250g blackberries

O25g flaked almonds

1 Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C

fan oven) gas mark 4. Grease and

line a 23cm x 30cm traybake tin

with baking parchment.

2 Melt the butter and leave to cool for

a few minutes. Whisk the eggs and

sugars together until thick and lighter

in colour. Gradually whisk in the

melted butter and the almond extract.

3 Gently but quickly fold in the flours,

ground almonds and baking powder.

Turn half of the mixture into the prepared

tin and smooth out. Cover with the

apple slices, then spread over

the remaining cake mixture. Scatter

over the blackberries, followed by

the flaked almonds.

4 Bake for 30-40min, until golden

and the edges of the cake pull away

from the tin. Leave to cool for 10min,

then turn out on a wire rack.

Blackberry and apple traybake

Blackberries and apples are a classic combination. You can also serve this

cake warm for pudding with a generous helping of clotted cream.