FOR THE BATTER
5 oz Butter
7 oz Caster sugar
2 Eggs; well beaten
3 oz Self-raising flour
4 oz Ground almonds
4 oz Milk
1 ts Vanilla
1 tb Boiling water
1/2 ts Baking powder
FURTHER INGREDIENTS
8 Stoned prunes; chopped
4 oz Walnuts finely chopped and;
-mixed with
2 tb Sugar
2 Green apples; cored and
-sliced
3 tb Sugar
Ground cinnamon
Butter
Cream together all the ingredients for the batter in a food processor,
running it for 10 seconds. Run a spatula round the bowl and process for 5
seconds more. Pour into a well buttered 10 inch round cake pan.
Place the prunes on the batter. Spoon over walnut and sugar mixture.
Arrange the apple slices on top of the walnuts. Bake in a preheated 375
degree oven for 45 minutes.
Sprinkle the surface with sugar and cinnamon. Dot with butter and bake for
20 to 25 minutes more, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
Yields
10 Servings