Apple Bran Cake Recipes

APPLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute apples in butter until tender, about 10 minutes. Combine cereal and water in a large bowl; stir in buttermilk, eggs, sugar, raisins and apples with butter. Combine dry ingredients; stir into apple mixture just until moistened. Refrigerate in a tightly covered container for at least 24 hours (batter will be very thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

BREAKFAST APPLE BRAN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan or line it with parchment paper.
• Into a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs and buttermilk and whisk well to combine. Add the grated apple, melted butter and vanilla and stir to mix. Add the bran cereal and let it sit for 5 minutes to absorb liquid.
• While you're waiting, in another bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Combine the all purpose flour, oat bran, cane sugar, muscavado, pecans, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir to mix. Add the wet ingredients in with the dry and stir just to combine, do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, it should come up no more than 3/4 way up the pan. Sprinkle the top of the loaf with a handful of oat bran and brown or turbinado sugar. Bake on the middle rack for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool completely before removing it from the pan.
• Slice with a serrated knife and serve with butter on the side.
• Loaf can be kept covered at room temperature for 3 days or for 5 days in the fridge.

APPLE BRAN CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together all dry ingredients except currants; add currants, tossing to coat.
• Whisk together wet ingredients; add diced apple.
• Stir wet into dry ingredients until just combined.
• Pour batter into greased 8-inch square pan and bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until tests done (check halfway through baking time and cover with foil if cake is browning too quickly).
• Let cool in pan for 25 minutes, then run a knife around the pan's edges and invert cake onto a wire rack.

ALL BRAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In medium mixing bowl, beat together the 1/2 cup margarine and the 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs. Beat well.
• Stir in apples,All-Bran Buds cereal and flour mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined.
• Spread evenly in greased 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350° F about 1 hour or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely.
• Frost or dust with powdered sugar.

APPLE BRAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1 Stir together all dry ingredients except currants; add currants, tossing to coat. 2 Whisk together wet ingredients; add diced apple. 3 Stir wet into dry ingredients until just combined. 4 Pour batter into greased 8-inch square pan and bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until tests done (check halfway through baking time and cover with foil if cake is browning too quickly). 5 Let cool in pan for 25 minutes, then run a knife around the pan's edges and invert cake onto a wire rack.

BRAN CAKE

Steps:

• Soak the bran, sugar, milk and fruit together for at least 2 hours. Add flour and pour into a loaf tin.
• Bake at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
• Serve in slices. Dieters may consume an occasional slice as a treat!