Dorset Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. unsalted butter, cut up
1/2 lb. cooking apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped (1 1/4 c.)
1 egg
1/2 c. milk

Preparation

Butter and flour 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4-inch loaf pan.
Line bottom of dish with waxed paper.
Butter and flour paper.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into large bowl with a pastry blender or knives; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine meal.
Toss chopped apple in flour mixture; set aside.
In small bowl, whisk together egg and milk until blended. Stir into apple mixture until mixed.
(Batter will be stiff.) Spread batter evenly in pan.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes until knife comes out clean.