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Strawberry Pound Cake Ingredients 3/4 cup softened butter 1/4 cup milk HOT APPLE CIDER RECIPE 1 EASY 1/2 cups sugar INGREDIENTS 3 2 quarts eggs lightly beaten 100% apple juice 9 1/2 oz cup Fresh Strawberries mashed brown sugar unpeeled and cut in flour half sifted 1 1 apple 3/4 cups All-purpose 1 small naval orange unpeeled/sliced 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp whole cloves 1/2 tsp salt sticks 2 cinnamon 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1/2 tsp allspice Carefully insert the whole cloves into the apple on both the flesh and skin sides Instructions Heat apple juice over medium heat in a large pot Heat Once oven heated, to add 160C, the brown Gas 3, sugar 310F. and Grease stir to dissolve. and line your baking tin. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a simmer and let simmer for well 20 minutes. ** Please note, if using a Bundt tin, be sure to grease it very as it Promptly remove the apple halves, orange slices, cinnamon sticks and any clove can be hard to get the cake out of such a shaped tin. remnants pot. Serve hot. 1. Get all from your the ingredients ready, mash the strawberries, sieve the flour, and add the salt and baking powder to the flour etc. 2. Start with making the cake batter by creaming the butter and sugar until a pale light color. 3. Slowly add the beaten eggs to the mixer, on a low speed setting, a bit at a time. If the mixture starts to curdle or split, add a spoonful of your sieved flour, keep on adding the eggs, and a bit of flour if necessary, until all the eggs are added. 4. Add half the milk with half of the flour, keeping the mixer on a slow speed. Once combined, add the vanilla extract, the rest of the milk and flour. Right at the end, fold in the mashed strawberries. 5. Transfer the cake mixture to the greased and lined loaf tin. Place in the oven for 1 hr and 20 - 30 minutes. Test if done by placing a skewer in the center of the cake and make sure it comes out clean. Please note, if using a Bundt tin, cook time is 1 Hour 10 minutes. Allow to cool. Store in an a cool place Email: [email protected] Website: theeastcg.weebly.com 13