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How to Make Gache Melee
Gache Melee: Welcome
1lbs wholemeal flour
1lbs cooking apples (cored and peeled)
1tsp cinnamon
Rind of 1 lemon
8oz butter
1lbs demerara sugar
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1- slice the apples and mix with the flour, grated lemon rind and spices
2- mix together thoroughly and leave for a few hours to allow the apple juices to seep out
3- cream together the butter and sugar (saving a little for the top of the cake), fold in the eggs
4- add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir well.
5- place mixture into a baking tin, sprinkle a layer of demerara sugar over the top of the cake.
6- bake at 160/170 for about 90 minutes until the top is well borwned and the edges have cripsed.
enjoy warm!
Gache Melee: Text
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Slice the apples and mix with the flour, grated lemon rind and spices.
2 - Mix together thoroughly and leave for a few hours to allow the apple juices to seep out.
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Gache Melee: Bio
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Cream together the butter and sugar, saving a a little bit of sugar to sprinkle a layer on the top of the cake.
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Fold in the eggs to the butter and sugar mix.
Gache Melee: Bio
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Add the egg mixtue to the flour and apple mixture and mix well. Place the mixture into a baking tin sprinkle the remaining sugar on top of the mixture
and put in the oven at 170' for about 90 mins, or until well browned.
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