Blackberry Recipes: Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake

Blackberry and Apple Crumble Cake

    680 g  Cooking apples
    450 g  Blackberries
     75 g  Caster sugar
           Juice and rind of 1 lemon
     10 ml Arrowroot mixed with
     15 ml Cold water
     75 g  Unsalted butter
     75 g  Caster sugar
      1    Egg, lightly beaten
      5 ml Baking powder
     75 g  Ground almonds
    225 g  Plain flour
  2 1/2 ml Ground cinnamon
     12    Whole almonds to decorate
 
Peel, core and slice cooking apples and place in a pan with blackberries, sugar, lemon juice and rind and 45 ml water. Simmer gently for 10 mins until the fruit is just softened. Add arrowroot mixture and stir until thickened. Cool.

To make the base and topping, blend together butter and sugar in a processor unti soft and fluffy. Add beaten egg, baking powder, ground almonds, flour and ground cinnamon and process until just crumbly.

Turn mixture into a bowl.

Grease and line a 23 cm springform pan.

Turn out 2/3 of the crumble mixture onto a floured surface and knead gently together to combine.

Use to cover base of prepared pan, simply pushing any cracks together.

Spread cooled blackberry and apple mixture over base. Sprinkle reserved crumble mixture evenly over fruit topping and decorate with whole almonds.

Bake at 350 F for 50 mins until pale golden.

Serve warm or cold.