You might have heard the news by now... Alex and I are engaged!!! It's so exciting - the last week has been such a crazy hyper blur! Sitting in work on Monday, my heart was beating so fast all day I felt so dizzy!
We collected the ring on Tuesday, and I felt it was quite unfair that I got such a wonderful token of love from Alex but didn't give him anything equal back in return. I had heard that it's tradition for a girl to get her fiance a watch, but Alex has a lovely watch already, so that was off the cards. In the end I suggested that he could have a ring of his own.... only that it would be edible... a bundt cake to be precise!
And so tonight I made, and got down on one knee with this sticky toffee apple bundt cake :)
Also, to add to the randomness of the evening, our weighing scales decided to stop working, so I had to guesstimate all the ingredients!
Verdict: sugary sweet (especially after adding the glaze), but a bit hit with us!
This recipe is called "Apple Harvest Pound Cake with Caramel Glaze" and is found on AllRecipes.com
Ingredients:
For the cake
400 g white sugar
355 ml vegetable oil
10 ml vanilla extract
3 eggs
375 g all-purpose flour
5 g baking soda
1 g ground cinnamon
6 g salt
318 g apples - peeled, cored and chopped
115 g chopped walnuts
For the glaze
115 g butter or margarine
10 ml milk
110 g brown sugar
Directions:
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
2) In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; stir into the batter just until blended. 3) Fold in the apples and walnuts using a spoon. Pour into the prepared pan.
4) Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the crown or the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for about 20 minutes then invert on to a wire rack.
5) Make the glaze by heating the butter, milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat.
6) Drizzle over the warm cake. Place a plate underneath the cake to trap all the drips and then pour over the cake a second time.