A brief interlude from my Library Day in the Life posts this week - there is still one more to come as I work on Sundays, but today at least I am not at the library. I have been participating in the wonderful Virago Reading Week hosted by Carolyn and Rachel over on my Virago Venture blog (and have been enjoying having the company of others as I read my way through the Virago Modern Classics list). I have a Virago inspired bake to share today on this blog, and yes, of course it features apples!
I saw this recipe a few weeks ago, but in the spirit of "baking from the cupboard" I didn't think I could make it, as although I had apples, I didn't think that I had any demerera sugar. But I found some! All this Virago-ing has made me crave apples, so I decided to make the cake with a mix of ground almonds and gluten free flour and vegan margarine so that I could have some too; I hoped that the moistness of the apples would counteract some of the grittiness of the gf flour and the apple would make up for the vegan margarine which doesn't taste as good as butter!
Yum! I show it here with two appropriate titles as my entry for Carolyn and Rachel's photo competition.
That does look deliciously moist, Verity! You're very good at substituting ingredients and making a recipe your own, I am useless at that sort of thing.
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That looks yummy! You've got me hankering after some apple cake now and I love cinammon! Do you use Pure as your vegan margarine? I use the sunflower one and find it quite good if a bit too soft. I used to like Suma ages ago but you can only get it from health shops.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
It was nice Darlene and nearly fooled Ken (but not quite).
ReplyDeleteRochester Reader - yes, I use Pure, but can only ever find the soya one in Sainsburys. I prefer the sunflower one but it's more expensive in a health food shop.
I had to do a little searching to find out what demerera sugar is. Your cake, tea, and books look very inviting!
ReplyDeleteNice to see you had time to bake this week. You have been so busy.
ReplyDeleteJoAnn - maybe it is called something different with you?
ReplyDeleteVivienne - I ALWAYS have time to bake :)
Great photo! The dessert looks delicious and I love the appropriate Viragos. I wish I could think up something as clever, I'm sadly lacking in imagination and probably won't enter the giveaway. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! A very inventive way of celebrating Virago Reading Week, Verity!
ReplyDeleteVerity - what a great way to celebrate two of your interests - baking and Viragos. Really made me smile...
ReplyDeleteLove those titles and yes, I too, now crave an apply something with a cuppa :)
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