Apple and pear crumble cake with apple and pear whisky sour

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Apple and pear crumble cake with apple and pear whisky sour

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Everyone’s heard of coffee and cake, but have you heard of cocktails and cake? We reckon it’s an even better combination. Our apple and pear crumble cake isn’t too sweet, but it’s nice and light and makes the perfect pairing for our sweet, sour and seriously yummy whisky sour cocktail. The cake will serve six, but the cocktail recipe serves one, so bear this in mind when you're shaking and baking.
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Everyone’s heard of coffee and cake, but have you heard of cocktails and cake? We reckon it’s an even better combination. Our apple and pear crumble cake isn’t too sweet, but it’s nice and light and makes the perfect pairing for our sweet, sour and seriously yummy whisky sour cocktail. The cake will serve six, but the cocktail recipe serves one, so bear this in mind when you're shaking and baking.
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1HR 40MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
6
For the apple and pear crumble loaf cake
250 g
self-raising flour
2 1/2 tsp
ground cinnamon
140 g
M&S Remarksable Value unsalted British butter
140 g
soft light brown muscovado sugar
3
M&S Remarksable Value free-range mixed sized eggs
5 tbsp
milk
1
Bramley apple, peeled, cored, chopped
1
M&S Remarksable Value ripen at home conference pear, peeled, cored, chopped
1/2 box
(180 g)
M&S oaty crumble mix
50 g
butter, melted
as needed
lighter crème fraîche
to serve
or double cream
For the apple and pear cocktail
50 ml
M&S Distilled special reserve blended Scotch whisky
or M&S low alcohol golden spiced botanical
25 ml
lemon juice
10 ml
M&S cloudy apple juice
2
M&S Remarksable Value ripen at home conference pears
125 g
caster sugar
1 slice
M&S Remarksable Value apple
to garnish
1 slice
M&S Remarksable Value ripen at home conference pear
to garnish

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
726kcal
Fat
28.3 g
Saturates
16.8 g
Sugars
69.5 g
Salt
524.6 mg
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Method

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step 1
Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas mark 3.
step 2
Grease and line the base of a 2lb loaf tin – we like to use loaf tin liners for ease and speed.
step 3
Add your flour (250 g) and cinnamon (2 1/2 tsp) to a food processor along with the butter (140 g). Pulse until it resembles fine crumbs, then add the muscovado sugar (140 g). You can also do this by hand.
step 4
In a bowl, beat your eggs (3) until fluffy and pale lemon in colour. Add the mix from the food processor to a bowl and add the beaten eggs, milk (5 tbsp), apples (1) and pear (1). Gently mix well until everything is combined, then carefully add the mixture to your loaf tin.
step 5
Mix the crumble mix (1/2 box) with the melted butter (50 g) until you get crumbly pieces. Sprinkle it over your cake and bake for 70 minutes (check how it’s getting on after 60 minutes). At this point your cake should be firm to the touch and a skewer should come out clean.
step 6
Cool your cake in the tin for 15 minutes, then carefully turn it out to cool fully on a wire rack. Slice and serve with crème fraîche (as needed) or double cream.
step 7
To make a pear syrup, chop up pears (2) and add them to a saucepan along with 125ml water and sugar (125 g). Bring the mix to the boil. Once it’s there, turn down the heat and simmer for 15 mins. Strain the mixture into a bowl, making sure you squish those pears to get as much juice out as you can. Pour it into a sterilised jar and cool before using. Store in the fridge for up to a month.
step 8
To make your cocktail, shake the whisky (50 ml), lemon juice (25 ml) and pear syrup together in a shaker with plenty of ice. Strain into a tumbler filled with ice and finish with a dash of apple juice (10 ml). Garnish with a slice of apple (1 slice) and pear (1 slice) and enjoy alongside a slice of cake.
step 8 To make your cocktail, shake the whisky (50 ml), lemon juice (25 ml) and pear syrup together in a shaker with plenty of ice. Strain into a tumbler filled with ice and finish with a dash of apple juice (10 ml). Garnish with a slice of apple (1 slice) and pear (1 slice) and enjoy alongside a slice of cake.

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