Recipe: Spiced quince cake with cream cheese frosting
An alternative to carrot cake
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Spiced quince cake with cream cheese frosting
Poached quinces can, of course, be laid on top of any cake as beautiful decor, or you could use the jam to sandwich any of your favourites together. But I have a fixation on grated orchard fruit. I’m not sure why, but I think my lack of love for carrot cake (sorry, it’s just not my go-to) has left a hole in my repertoire that I constantly try to polyfilla with grated apples or, as in this week, grated quince.
The resulting cake is a gorgeously damp and beautifully spiced cake, extra tender with the help of grated fruit. Finishing it off with generous swipes of cream cheese frosting and toasted nuts does elevate this cake, though it would be just as nice undecorated and with a spoon of creme fraiche.
Quince spice cake
Makes 1 x 8inch cake, feeds 8 comfortably
