The Apple Cake Collection

Ingredients: Apples Oatmeal Nuts Brown sugar Sugar Preparation: 1. Cut up apples 2. Throw some oatmeal, nuts, brown sugar and sugar on top and 3. Put in the microwave for a quick apple treat Source of Recipe: Sent in by Patti via Postcrossing

Ingredients: (two portions) 125 ml apple juice 125 ml of water 100g couscous 1 big apple a little lemon juice Preparation: 1. Boil the apple juice with water, pour over the couscous and leave for about five minutes. 2. Peel the apple, dice it, simmer in a little water with lemon juice and mix it under the couscous. Note: Raisins can also be added. Instead of the apple you can also use all of your other favourite fruits. Source of recipe: Link

1. Weigh the ingredients carefully. 2. Take the recipe as a pretty full guide, but not an absolute blueprint. 3. Embrace any equipment that makes baking easier. 4. Keep a close eye on how much baking powder you add. 5. Don’t rush the process of cake baking. 6. Ensure you’re using the right type of tin. 7. Don’t put yourself under pressure by worrying about onlookers. 8. Don’t let the ‘toothpick trick’ be your only guide. 9. To create a thick and uninterrupted layer of icing, brush the cake mixture with a jam coating first. 10. A high fat content is essential in the butter or margarine you choose to use.

Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for double-crust pie 6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored 1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 3 cups water 2 cups white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch pan. 2. On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches. Cut into 6 square pieces. Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward. Cut butter into 8 pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce. Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples. 3. With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together. Bring up the two remaining corners, and s