Lumberjack 'love heart' cakes

I love turning a recipe into something slightly more fun and creative. In honour of my mums favourite cake, the Lumberjack, I have made individual little love heart cake's.
The perfect sweet accompaniment to an afternoon tea with friends.









Lumberjack Cake recipe
prep: 10 minutes
cooking: 1 hour
makes: 1 round cake or about 12 love hearts
the ingredients

2 granny smith apples, peeled, finely grated

1 cup (160g) dates, pitted

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 cup boiling water

125g butter, cubed

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour

topping

60g butter

1-2 tablespoons milk

1 cup (60g) shredded coconut

½ cup brown sugar

lets have some fun

Pre-heat oven to 160 C for 15 minutes.

Place apple, dates and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, pour over boiling water ans stir. Cover and set aside to cool.

Beat butter and sugar until creamy, slowly add egg and vanilla, mix until combined.

Fold through flour and apple mixture, alternatively, until combined.

Pour into a 20cm cake pan lined with baking paper. Bake for 40 minutes.

Topping: Melt butter in a saucepan, add remaining ingredients, stir until combined, set aside.

Remove cake from oven and pour over topping. Bake for a further 15 minutes.

For 'love heart cakes: Cut out love heart's from cooled & cooked cake, using a love heart cookie cutter. Place on platter and dust with icing sugar.

Serve with cream or ice cream.

tiny tip

Replace dried dates with figs

love amie x