Baked Squirrel

When I told my friends that I baked squirrel they could not believe me. How could I eat such a small, cute creature? No, I couldn't do that!

The baked squirrel is actually a cake. It got its name thanks to apples, walnuts and a ginger colour. It’s so easy to make that even a baking beginner can handle it. The cake is very moist and walnuts add a crunchy texture. If you like carrot cake, you will have to try squirrel as well.

 
Ingredients:
4 baking apples such as Bramley or Golden Noble, peeled and cut into chunks
2 glasses of self raising flour
1 glass of sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
1/2 glass of sunflower or vegetables oil
1 glass of chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
 

Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 5/fan 180C. Oil and line the base and sides of an 18cm square cake tin with baking parchment.

In a large mixing bowl beat eggs with sugar till sugar dissolve. Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon, then sift into the bowl. Lightly mix all the ingredients and while still mixing it pour oil slowly.

Add apples and walnuts and stir. Pour the mixture into the baking tin.

Bake for around 40 minutes. The best way to check if the cake is ready is to poke the centre of the cake with a cocktail stick or skewer. If the stick is wet and sticky, the cake needs some more time in the oven. If the stick is dry the cake is ready.

You can decorate it with icing sugar and whole walnuts.