Cutting up the apples
dates & applies cut up
The fruit mixture when its cooked
Cake out of the oven and ready to eat
Lumberjack Cake
Fruit
Mixture
2
large Granny Smith cooking apples diced
250
pitted dates
1
teaspoon Bi-carb soda
1
cup hot water
Place
apples, dates and water into saucepan and bring to the boil, turn off heat, add
bi-carb soda, stirring well. Allow to cool approx 2 hours (this can be done the
day before and can be done in a microwave on high for 5 minutes).
Cake
Mixture
125g
butter or margarine
1
teaspoon vanilla essence
1
cup sugar
2
eggs
1
½ cups Plain flour
Pre-heat
oven 180°C. Line bottom and sides of 20cm square tin with Glad baking paper.
Place
sugar and butter/margarine into a bowl and mix well together than add vanilla
and eggs. When mixed add fruit mixture and then sifted flour.
Place
mixture into prepared tin, cook in oven for 50 minutes or until cake springs
back when tested.
Remove
from oven and spread with topping, place back in oven for approx 15 minutes or
until topping is golden brown. Oven may be turned up to 190°C for this process.
Topping
60g
butter
½
cups (100g) firmly packed brown sugar
½
cups (125ml) milk
⅔
cups (50g) shredded coconut
Combine
ingredients in medium saucepan using wooden spoon stir topping mixture over low
heat until butter is melted and sugar dissolves.
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