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MORE FROM THE BERE REGIS RECIPE BOOK

Winterborne Kingston women’s Institute were organising the group meeting this
summer. This event was a Grand party at Abbots Court Farm with a Dorset
Theme with flags and a Dorset Quiz. The group competition was for each W I to
bake and bring a Dorset Apple cakes for desert.
I was asked to prepare the entry for Bere Regis
WI and decided to use the recipe from our own
recipe book. It was interesting to note that the
recipe originated from a Mrs. Stone. On
researching the Internet I found the Somerset
Village of Doulting near Bath. Not a true Dorset
Apple cake. Hurlingpot is a farm in the village
with a grade II listed farmhouse

Apple Cake

Recipe as it appears in the Bere Regis book
Mrs. Stone Hurlingpot Doulting
To 1lb self raising flour add 6 oz of Margarine
suet or beef dripping, 6 oz sugar, 4 to 6 fair sized
apples peeled and cored and shredded, one or
two beaten egg and a little milk.

Mix together till the consistency of ordinary cake mixture.
Bake in a greased Yorkshire pudding tin for about an hour until cooked serve hot.
It is a very simple recipe and I made it with modern baking margarine and not
beef dripping as set out in recipe. I did not have a Yorkshire pudding tin so
substituted using an 8 inch cake circular cake tin. I cooked it for just over an hour
at 180°.

I failed to win the competition as it was un-cooked in the middle. It looked good,
rose well in the middle and tasted pretty good. If I had used a shallower Yorkshire
tin it probably would have cooked properly. It is a good recipe and I would do it
again.

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