- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- To make pastry, sift the flour, add the caster sugar and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add enough beaten egg to bind the pastry. The pastry can also be made using a food processor.
- Cut a circle of parchment to fit a large pastry dish, sprinkle with flour, roll out the pastry on the floured parchment and then slide it into the dish and bake blind for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile boil the ingredients for compote for 3 – 4 minutes.
- When pastry is baked, fill with the apple and cranberry compote.
- To make the crumble topping, combine the flour, sugar, butter and oats in a food processor until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. (Add the oats last if you would like them to stay coarse and be visible in the crumble).
- Sprinkle the crumble over the fruit and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Mary Flahavan’s Apple & Cranberry Crumble
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- To make pastry, sift the flour, add the caster sugar and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add enough beaten egg to bind the pastry. The pastry can also be made using a food processor.
- Cut a circle of parchment to fit a large pastry dish, sprinkle with flour, roll out the pastry on the floured parchment and then slide it into the dish and bake blind for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile boil the ingredients for compote for 3 – 4 minutes.
- When pastry is baked, fill with the apple and cranberry compote.
- To make the crumble topping, combine the flour, sugar, butter and oats in a food processor until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. (Add the oats last if you would like them to stay coarse and be visible in the crumble).
- Sprinkle the crumble over the fruit and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Odlums Danish Apple Cake
Danish Apple Cake
CategoryOur Top Picks
Cook Time40 mins
What you need:
- 225g / 8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 125g / 4oz Butter or Margarine
- 225g / 8oz Icing Sugar
- Rind of 1 Lemon
- 2 Eggs
- 150ml / 1/4pt Milk
- 6 Cooking Apples (peeled & thinly sliced)
- 100g packet Flaked Almonds
- Granulated Sugar (depending on sweetness of apples)
How to:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Lightly grease an ovenproof dish about 28cms x 18cms (11″ x 7″).
- Cream together the butter or margarine and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the lemon rind.
- Sieve flour and baking powder. Add the flour to the batter, alternately with the milk.
- Spread half the mixture into prepared dish, layer half the apples over this and top with remaining mixture. Arrange the apple slices on top. Sprinkle with sugar if wished and finally sprinkle over the flaked almonds.
- Bake for about 40 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch.
- Serve with cream, ice cream or cr̬me fraiche.
Odlums Fruit Cake. 🇮🇪☘️
Fruit Cake So easy to bake
350g of Raisins
350g of Sultanas 1
25g of Currants,
Tub of Cherries,
50g Chopped Almond Nuts,
2 teaspoons of Mixed Spice,
1 teaspoon of Ground Ginger,
Grated Rind Zest of 1 large Orange,
2-3 Tablespoons of Whiskey,
1 Tablespoon of Treacle
mix all together and leave for a couple of days .
500g of Plain Flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder,
350g butter,
350g of soft brown sugar,
6 eggs ,
Method
Cream butter and mix together the sugar , slowly beat in the eggs, and mix the sieve flour and baking powder, then mixed the fruit into the cream mixture, bake in 8inch round tin lined in baking paper and cover the outer tin in brown paper and bake for 3& 1/2 hours@ 140c #odlumsflour #odlums #bakingpowder #kerrygoldbutter #whiskey #whiteflour #rtéfood #raisons #sultanas #currants #cherries🍒 #treacle #margaretseggs #bbcgoodfoodrecipes #bbcgoodfood #bbcgoodfoodmagazine #almondnuts🌰 #orangerind #fruitcakes #teacakes #teacake #fruitcake🍰 #fruitcakes #rtefood #bakinglove #odlumsireland #christmascake
Flahavan’s Simple Oat & Blueberry Scones @RozannaPurcell
Simple Oat & Blueberry Scones Check out the recipe over on @FlahavansIRL http://flahavans.ie/2mins #moveeatbreathe
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Odlums Coffee and Walnut Cake
Odlums classic Easter buns ..
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These classic Easter buns take a little while to prepare but are so worth it served with butter and a strong cuppa http://bit.ly/2o58gAF
Mary Flahavan’s delicious Carrot and Oatmeal cake
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Carrot Cake
Another Mary Flahavan signature recipe – carrot cake with a healthy twist!
Serves 16|Takes 30
INGREDIENTS:
Cake
100g Flahavan’s Oat Bran or Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
125g vegetable oil
125g flour
200g sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
200g grated carrot
50g chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Icing
50g butter
125g icing sugar
50g cream cheese
Topping
100g Flahavan’s Jumbo Oats
2 tbsp. sunflower oil
50g honey
Orange rind to decorateMETHOD:
Preheat the oven to 180°C
If using porridge oats instead of oat bran blitz in a food processor for approx. 1 minute until they are a finer texture.
Add all the cake ingredients to the food processor and blend well.
Pour the mixture into a 2lb loaf tin lined with parchment paper.
Bake in the oven for 1-11/4 hours. Allow to cool on wire rack.For the Jumbo oats topping:
Heat the oil and honey in a small saucepan, add the jumbo oats and mix well.
Spread on to a baking tray, lined with parchment and bake at 150°C for approx. 15 minutes until golden brown.For the icing:
Blend the butter, icing sugar and cream cheese in a food processor or mixer until smooth.
Spread the icing over the cooled cake, sprinkle with some of the toasted jumbo oats and decorate with orange rind as desired.