Ingredients

• a handful of walnuts
• 3 small eggs
• caster sugar (100g)
• coconut oil (45ml)
• a squeeze of maple syrup
• plain flour (90g)
• ½ tsp of baking powder
• pinch of ground cinnamon
• pinch of ground cloves
• a jar of apple sauce (150g)
• butter (60g)
• soft brown sugar (100g)
• double cream (120ml)
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• sprinkle of sea salt
• vanilla ice cream to serve
• 1 green apple to serve

Recipe

preheat the oven to 180ºC.
toast the walnuts in d dry pan for a few minutes.
beat the eggs and the sugar in a bowl until pale and thickened, use a machine if you have one.
pour the oil and the maple syrup into the egg mixture and combine thoroughly.
add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ground cloves into the egg mixture and fold until smooth.
fold the apple sauce into the cake batter along with the walnuts.
line a loaf tin with baking parchment and pour in the cake batter.
bake the cake for 45-50 minutes, with a sheet of tin foil over the top for the last 20 minutes before removing and cooling on a rack.
chuck the butter into a saucepan and melt.
add the sugar, cream and vanilla extract and whisk until combined.
boil the mixture very gently for 5 minutes.
preheat a grill to high.
slice the apple cake and toast the slices under the grill for a few minutes each side to go golden.
serve the toasted cake slices with a scoop of ice cream, the butterscotch sauce and a few thin slices of fresh crisp apple.

serves 4