This easy, spiced Blackberry & Apple Loaf is the perfect tea time treat. Have it sliced with butter or without, you decide!
Today I’m sharing my recipe for Blackberry and Apple Loaf!
Having picked lots of blackberries and apples recently I wanted to come up with a simple tea loaf to enjoy them in. After a couple of attempts I came up with this recipe which I’m very happy with.
On the first day of making its quite suited to having butter spread on it (if you wish) and on the second and consecutive days it becomes more of a moist cake, a little bit like Sophie Dahl’s Spelt Banana Bread.
How
This loaf is so simple to put together, all you do is mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients/fruit and make sure you don’t overwork the mixture.
Using frozen blackberries helps the berries stay whole but if you only have fresh ones to hand I’m sure that they would be fine too.
How long will Blackberry & Apple Loaf keep?
Store in a cake tin or air tight container where it will keep for 4 – 5 days.
As this Blackberry and Apple Loaf uses foraged fruit I am entering it into Credit Crunch Munch which is run by myself and Helen at Fuss Free Flavours and being hosted by Elizabeth’s Kitchen this month.
Next I’m entering A Kick at the Pantry Door’s Feel Good Food Challenge which is run by Victoria as the theme is apples.
More Blackberry & Apple Recipes
For more blackberry & apple recipes, check out the following:
- Blackberry and Apple Cake
- Blackberry, Apple & Speculaas Muffins
- Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam
- Easy Seedless Blackberry Jam
- Easy Blackberry & Apple Jelly
- Blackberry & Apple Trifle
- Apple & Blackberry Crumble
- Apple & Blackberry Flapjacks
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Blackberry and Apple Loaf
Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour
- 100 g castor sugar
- 50 g light Muscovado sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 135 mls light olive oil
- 2 large free-range eggs lightly beaten
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 120 g frozen blackberries
- 1 dessert apple peeled and chopped (do this at last minute)
- Topping:
- 1 tbsp Demerara sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- Grease and flour a loaf tin (22 x 11 x 6 cm)
- Sieve the flour and mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Then with a large spoon fold in the eggs, oil, vanilla extract, apples and blackberries until just mixed.
- Place in a loaf tin and sprinkle on the Demerara sugar.
- Bake for 65 – 70 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
- Serve with butter or on its own. Will last for several days kept in an airtight container.
Christine
I receive your post by email & as I live in the USA would appreciate having the measurements given in ounces etc as well. Most bloggers do offer this option.
Camilla
Hi Christine, am I right in assuming by “etc” you mean cups? The trouble with having the software that does conversion to cups is that you cannot accurately convert a weight to a volume and I care deeply about my recipes and my readers’ time and money. If you just want to convert grams to ounces then you can divide by 25 to give an estimation. When I was at school we were taught to think of 1 oz as 25 grams, (it’s a little more but as long as everything else in the recipe uses the same calculation it’s all in proportion). The best option is to buy a set of digital scales from Amazon which are about $6 the last time I looked. Then you can make any UK recipe and be guaranteed perfect results. On a set of digital scales you can choose grams, ounces, fluid ounces, millilitres and it’s so easy.
Barbara Stannard
I made this & it was delicious. I make lots of cakes but my partner said this is the best!
Camilla
Aaw, thank you, that’s so lovely to hear:-)
Leslie
Made this loaf at the weekend. Absolutely delicious and so easy to make! I used Sunflower oil instead of olive and fresh blackberries and it was perfect. So good I am having to make another one today! Can I freeze them?
Thank you for your recipes – they’re fantastic!
Camilla
Hi Leslie, so very glad you like my loaf, you’ve made me want to make it again now too! I have never frozen it but have frozen fruit muffins which tend to go a bit soggier once thawed, I expect from the moisture leaching out of the fruit so expect similar would happen with this loaf?
Ann
Did this recipe with blackberries picked out of garden – loved it – so did all my friends. Next time I will get the light olive oil – I only had the normal oil at the time of making loaf. Will definitely do again !
Camilla
Brilliant Ann, thank you so much for your feedback, glad you all enjoyed it:-)
PaulaFinn
Have just made this using raspberries, it’s in the oven at the moment and I’m really looking forward to tasting it!
Camilla
Excellent, that sounds lovely:-)
Paul Wilson
Soon be blackberry and apple time!
Jane McColl
have kept this recipe for next years blackberry haul
Camilla
Fab:-)
Heather Haigh
That looks gorgeous. Another recipe for me to try a bit later in the year when the fruit is ready to pick. I can almost taste it. (wish I could)
Jackie Chapman
This looks gorgeous, beautifully moist.
William Gould
Must remember this for October time when I have a fair amount of blackberries and apples from the garden!
Paul Wilson
Would go great with afternoon tea.
Sam Williams
This looks absolutely delicious!
Maddy
Tried to collect some blackberries for this, but they seem to be going over now :(. Maybe next year…
Camilla
I’ve seen them in the shops – but once you’ve seen them on a bush for free I can’t bring myself to buy them!
Maddy
Loads of blackberries on the bushes, but not such a great apple crop this year 🙁
bev
Looks delicious – I bet it would be really nice served warm!
Bev
Sounds delicious!
Elina
This looks delicious, I haven’t tried such combination of ingredients yet but now I have to. Thanks for the post
Galina V
Love apples in breads and cakes, a healthy way to sneak in fruit in baking
Camilla
It is lovely:-)
glenn hutton
Never tried this before but looks lovely!
Camilla
Oh you should try it it’s so easy and delicious:-)
Tracy Nixon
I gave this recipe to my mum and she made it yesterday for my dad – who is one of those men with a bottomless pit for a stomach! Apparently he loved it and ate a quarter in one go with a cup of tea! So 10/10 !
Camilla
Aah, that’s so lovely to hear. At least it has healthy fruit in it too:-)
K Mayers
Love blackberries, apple & cinnamon but haven’t eaten them like in this kind of thing before – I can’t wait to try it now!
Camilla
Thanks, hope you enjoy it:-)
carriecomp
Love this, seems straight forward enough for me to make. Definitely going to give it a try with my daughter (she’s a better baker than me) Thank you!
Tracy Nixon
Fab ideas – I have been out blackberry picking with the kids so am on the look out for inspiration! We have mad blackberry jam a few times but thought I would be more adventurerous! Wish me luck!
Camilla
Thanks, hope you enjoy it:-)
Deena Kakaya
Hello, I just found you! What a lovely recipe. My toddler is obscenely hard to feed and particularly so with fruit. I’m going to try this recipe with him, I bet it smells fabulous! X
Camilla
So glad you found me, hope your son enjoys the loaf:-)
Stephanie Whitehouse
Perfect – my apple tree is going crazy
Jo
Thank you so much for this recipe. Cooked it last night with foraged apples and blackberries and it turned out a treat!
Camilla
Thank you for your feedback, glad you liked it:-)
Maya Russell
I wouldn’t have thought to put butter on it but I’m sure it tastes good.
Denise Slater
I love this, because picking brambles is a lovely Autumn past-time, especially with kids 🙂 I remember picking them with my mum, and love to do so with my son now. It also makes a cheap meal.
Alison Smith
It looks delicious, I want to try 🙂 do you by any chance have a receipe for a butterscotch tart, the type they used to do at school? (We used to have it every Wednesday, it would be swimming followed by as roast dinner then butterscotch tart, best day of the week!)
Camilla
Not that I’ve ever made but a mother at my daughter’s school mentioned she had this recipe when I first started blog so will try and get her recipe:-)
Paul Wilson
Nice to have a new recipes for apples at the moment.
Camilla
Thanks, yes they are in abundance right now:-)
Maya Russell
A wonderful recipe for autumn. Thanks.
Camilla
You’re very welcome:-)
Jayne T
Looks yummy and a fab idea to put those two flavours together.
Camilla
Thank you, hope you try it:-)
Wendles80
This looks very appealing – I definitely aim to give this a go. Homemade loaves are always delicious, but the added berries would give it such a tasty edge, kids would love it too – always like to encourage them to eat healthily and they would devour this!! Might be good with blueberries too – have loads to use up from my blueberry bush….ooooohhhh yum!
Camilla
Great, do let me know if you make it with blueberries:-)
Ann Robinson
The apple and blackberry loaf looks delicious
Lotties World of Cakes
This cake looks delcious! I love big chunks of apple in a cake!
Camilla
Thank you, it’s definitely worth making:-)
Heather Haigh
I have blackberries and apples ready to harvest right nowm, will have a go at this. :()
Janine
Looks delicious!
Belinda Matthews
This would be great for my son to take to school as his snack
Camilla
Yes it’s not too naughty:-)
Kirsty Fox
We picked loads of blackberries recently and I didn’t really know what to make with them, but this sounds delicious, I will have to give it a go.
Camilla
Great, they are so handy to have in the freezer for this:-)
Sara yarnell
Sounds delicious, will definitely be trying this
Evelyn Moffat
I will have to try this. It looks lovely :O)
chris yocomp
Brill – there are soo many blackberries in my local park and I hate seeing them go to waste. But I cant make any more jam!! So will try this once I have picked more tomorrow x
Anne Wallwin
will try it as an after school treat for the kids.
Tracy Nixon
I made this yesterday and we will eat it today!
Lucy Taylor
Thanks for a lovely seasonal recipe. I’ve bookmarked it to try at the weekend!
Kalyan
Just mouthwatering…looks delicious!
Tracy Nixon
What a lovely Autumn recipe thanks!
Ursula Hunt
this looks gorgeous,must try it 🙂
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
Nice to be able to be back reading blogs again. A lovely fruit loaf and sounds simple to make. Not sure I would have the patience to wait for it to cool down to eat it! There is something so comforting about eating cakes staright from the oven!
Camilla
Long time no see/hear. Hello stranger:-) Thanks it was really good with a cuppa:-)
YOLANDA DAVIS
looked great so i gave it a go and OMG it was GOOOOOOOD
Camilla
Aah, thank you so much for your lovely feedback:-) Glad you enjoyed it!
Paul Wilson
Seasonal and delicious.
tinkertink2010
Looks lovely Camilla – a fab way of using up fruit from your foraging! xoxo
Camilla
Thanks, hope you get a chance to try it:-)
Javelin Warrior
Love the sound of this cake/bread, Camila – studded with apple bits and blackberries, this sound perfect for breakfast! Simple too, which is really nice for a quick loaf like this…
Camilla
Thanks Mark, I’m a cereal kind of girl in the morning but if you want to eat it for breakfast then that’s cool:-)
carpathian
this looks yummy going to try it for my partner as he loves anything like this 🙂
angela - Garden Tea Cakes and Me
that looks a real treat, would make a change to the usual Tea Loaf I make all the time. Just need to go out and pick more blackberries as used the last batch to make Apple & Blackberry pies and crumbles.
Ooh also loved the fact that you have buttered a slice – yummy!
Angela
Camilla
Thanks Angela, I think it’s a recipe you can really play about with and experiment with different fruits and even nuts:-)
Lisa Williams
I am not a fan of cooked fruit usually but I have to say this post has left me drooling this looks absolutely gorgeous 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Lisa, it’s just the right time of year for this loaf:-)
Elizabeth
Look at those gorgeous chunks of fruit in that loaf! It looks superb! Thank you for sharing with Credit Crunch Munch!
Camilla
Thank you Elizabeth:-)