I am not a huge baker so I have never owned a stand mixer until now. Often at Christmas when I’d be whipping eggs for meringues, I’d dream of owning one but my cake and dessert making has always been limited to birthdays, Christmas and occasional gifts. Those handfuls of times a year didn’t warrant me buying one. Now that my son has started school, I feel that there is bake sale, where we are encouraged to bring baked goods, every second week! That may be a slight exaggeration but I definitely find myself making cakes a lot more. I decided it was about time I got myself a stand mixer and I have to say that I absolutely love the Cuisinart Master Mixer.
I think you would be hard pushed to find a baking project that the
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Spiced Apple Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
- 110g butter, softened
- 165g (1 cup) soft brown sugar
- 60ml (1/4 cup) milk
- 2 eggs
- 315 (2 cups) flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 270g (5 small) apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite size pieces.
- 110g (3/4 cup) Icing Sugar
- Handful chopped walnuts
Instructions
Pre heat oven to 175C and generously butter a 23cm loaf pan.
Add the butter, sugar, milk and eggs to the Cuisinart mixing bowl. Attach the flat mixing paddle and mix on a speed of 4 until creamy.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
Add the flour mixture slowly to the mixer and mix until just combined. Scrape the bowl well; add the chopped apple and mix to fold. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan.
Bake until deep golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, about 40-50 mins.
Remove from oven and cool on wire rack until cool to touch; remove from pan and allow to cool completely.
Mix the icing sugar together with 11/2 – 2 tbsp water and drizzle over the loaf. Sprinkle with the crushed walnuts.
