Dessert Recipes - Marmalade Crumble Recipe

Ingredients

• 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup butter or hard block margarine, diced, plus extra for greasing

• 150 g/5 oz/1 1/4 cups self-raising flour

• 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 50 g/2 oz/1/3 cup chopped mixed (candied) peel

• Finely grated rind and juice oj 1 orange

• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

• 75 g/3 oz/3/4 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 30 ml/2 tbsp fine-cut orange marmalade, melted

• Classic Custard Sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Grease a 20 cm/8 in deep, round, loose-bottomed cake tin (pan) and line with greased greaseproof (waxed) paper. Put the self-raising flour in a bowl.

2. Add 150 g/5 oz of the butter or margarine and rub in with the fingertips. Stir in 150 g/5 oz of the sugar and the mixed peel.

3. Add the orange juice and beaten eggs and mix to a soft, dropping consistency.

4. Turn into the prepared tin. Rub the remaining butter into the plain flour. Stir in the remaining sugar and the orange rind.

5. Spread the melted marmalade over the top of the uncooked cake, then sprinkle with the crumble mixture.

6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for about 50 minutes until cooked through.

7. Cool slightly, then carefully remove from the tin and serve warm with Classic Custard Sauce.