Lumberjack Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 apples, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 60 g butter
• 1/4 cup pecan nuts (optional)
• 60 g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut

Recipe

• 1 combine apples, dates, bicarb soda and water.
• 2 allow to cool to lukewarm.
• 3 line an 8" 20cm deep cake tin.
• 4 heat oven to 180 degrees c.
• 5 (350 degrees f).
• 6 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 7 add egg and vanilla and beat well.
• 8 sift flour and salt, beat in alternately with apple mixture.
• 9 pour into tin and bake for approximately 1 hour or until cooked.
• 10 (layer pecan nuts on top pf cake before pouring topping on) topping: make topping by combining butter, sugar, milk and coconut.
• 11 use the microwave or the stove top.
• 12 heat over low temp till butter and sugar is melted.
• 13 spread over hot cake and return to oven for a further 20 minutes or until topping is golden brown.