Easy Apple Saucepan Cake

The wind is bringing the apples down from the trees like nobody's business. I made this cake today from a few windfalls - well actually I made two, but we ate most of the best one -

Easy Apple Saucepan Cake

4 oz (100g) butter or margarine

4 oz (100g) sugar

1 cooking apple

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 egg (beaten)

8 oz (250 g) self raising flour

heaped tsp ground mxd spice

tsp ground cinnamon

8 oz (250g) dried mxd fruit or sultannas

6 or 7 glace cherries (chopped)

Line and grease a 1 lb loaf tin.

Peel and slice the apple. Microwave for 2 minutes in a suitable dish. Mash the apple up with a fork.

Put the butter, sugar and vanilla essence into a medium sized saucepan and stir over a low heat until melted.

Remove from heat.

Add the beaten egg, apple, sifted flour, spices, dried fruit and cherries and stir well with a wooden spoon.

Scoop the mixture into the loaf tin and bake on a medium heat - about 180 degrees for about an hour.

To test whether it's done, insert the blade of a sharp pointed knife. If it comes out clean, it's done.

Allow to cool on a cooling rack

Slice, butter and enjoy.