Dorset apple traybake

Traybake recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has cooking apple, lemon, butter, golden caster sugar, egg, vanilla extract, self-raising flour, baking powder and demerara sugar.

Dorset apple traybake

Dorset apple traybake

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Traybake
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 4 eggs
  • Lemon: juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Butter: 225g butter, softened
  • Self Raising Flour: 350g self-raising flour
  • Baking Powder: 2 tsp baking powder
  • Golden Caster Sugar: 280g golden caster sugar
  • Vanilla Extract: 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Demerara Sugar: demerara sugar, to sprinkle
  • Cooking Apple: 450g cooking apples (such as Bramley)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a rectangular baking tin (approx 27cm x 20cm) with parchment paper. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples then squeeze the lemon juice over. Set to one side.
  2. Place the butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and mix well until smooth. Spread half the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange half the apples over the top of the mixture, then repeat the layers. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar. 3 Bake for 45-50 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out of tin and remove paper. Cut into bars or squares.