Blackberry And Apple Crumble Cake

Ingredients

680 cooking apples
450 blackberries
150 g caster sugar
1 lemon
10 arrowroot mixed with
60 ml water
75 g butter
1 egg
5 ml baking powder
75 g almonds
225 g flour
2 1/2 ml cinnamon
12 slices almonds to decorate
10 mins until the fruit

Instructions

is just softened. Add arrowroot mixture and stir until thickened. Cool. To make the base and topping, blend together butter and sugar in a processor unti soft and fluffy. Add beaten egg, baking powder, ground almonds, flour and ground cinnamon and process until just crumbly. Turn mixture into a bowl. Grease and line a 23 cm springform pan. Turn out 2/3 of the crumble mixture onto a floured surface and knead gently together to combine. Use to cover base of prepared pan, simply pushing any cracks together. Spread cooled blackberry and apple mixture over base. Sprinkle reserved crumble mixture evenly over fruit topping and decorate with whole almonds. Bake at 350 F for 50 mins until pale golden. Serve warm or cold.