Toffee Apple Cake Recipe: Perfect for Bonfire Night

This Toffee Apple Cake is a great choice for Bonfire Night. It brings together sweet toffee and tart apples. You get the taste of fall in every bite. The sponge is moist, full of spice, and has a caramelly flavor. Perfect with the firm apple pieces.

The toffee sauce is made with dark muscovado sugar. It gives the cake a rich, smoky flavor. It’s the best of a toffee apple in a cake form, and it’s even better.

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How to Make Toffee Apple Cake

Start by setting your oven to 150 degrees C. Cream together butter, dark muscovado sugar, and soft light brown sugar in a bowl. Then, peel and core your cooking apples, and cut them into chunks.

Next, beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Sift in the flour, baking powder, and spices. Fold in everything until mixed. Then add your apple pieces and put the mix into a cake tin.

Bake for an hour until it’s golden and firm. In the last five minutes of baking, prepare the toffee sauce. Heat cream, sugar, salt, and butter until it’s smooth and bubbly.

Once your cake is done, prick it all over and pour the toffee sauce on top. Let it cool and the sauce will set, making it ready to enjoy.

Now, let’s go through the detailed recipe step-by-step:

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C.
In a mixing bowl, cream together 200g of butter, 200g of dark muscovado sugar, and 150g of soft light brown sugar.
Peel and core 2 cooking apples and chop them into rough pieces.
Add 4 eggs and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract to the sugar mixture and mix well.
Sift 300g of self-raising flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt into the bowl and fold in until combined.
Fold in the pieces of apple and pour the mixture into a lined 8-inch square cake tin.
Bake for 1 hour, until the sponge is cooked and slightly firm.
In the last five minutes of baking, make the toffee sauce by heating 200ml of double cream, 100g of dark muscovado sugar, a pinch of salt, and 50g of butter until melted and bubbly.
Once the cake is out of the oven, pierce it with a skewer and pour the toffee sauce over it.
Allow the sauce to cool and settle before serving.

This Toffee Apple Cake is perfect for autumn or Bonfire Night. Its toffee and apple flavors are warm and comforting. The moist, spiced sponge makes it perfect for any fall get-together.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for Toffee Apple Cake	Ingredients for Toffee Sauce
200g butter	200ml double cream
200g dark muscovado sugar	100g dark muscovado sugar
150g soft light brown sugar	50g butter
2 cooking apples	A pinch of salt
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
300g self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt

Serving and Variations

Toffee Apple Cake is ideal cut into big squares and neatly wrapped. Enjoy it by a warm bonfire. The cake’s snug taste, mixed with toffee’s sweetness, is unforgettable. This makes any autumn evening with loved ones special.

This cake fits many occasions. You can eat it for breakfast to start your day well. Or, share it as a fancy treat at meetings or tea times. It’s a dessert that leaves everyone impressed.

Heat up this cake and add creamy custard for a new taste. The warm cake with custard feels like a dreamy dessert.

You might not have the specific apples the recipe asks for, and that’s fine. Use any kind of apple. Testing with various apples can lead to new, tasty surprises.

Adjust the toffee sauce to fit your taste. You can make it less sweet, or add more toffee for a rich flavor. Be creative with how you decorate. Drizzle some more toffee. Or try honeycomb or salty pretzels. Make it look and taste like fall.

Enjoy Toffee Apple Cake your way. It’s perfect by a fire or with coffee. This dessert is not only delicious but also very flexible. It will surely be loved by all for any celebration.