It's the easiest recipe in the world, so here goes...
Ingredients
2 apples peeled and chopped (you could probably use pears or plums or bananas etc instead if you wanted to)
100 g dates (I recently used half raisins and half dates which worked very well)
225 g self-raising wholemeal flour (you can also use half self-raising white and half wholemeal if you want it a little lighter, but personally if I can avoid white flour I do)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon
125 ml plain yoghurt
2 eggs beaten
100 ml vegetable oil
Last time I made this I also added a handful of chopped walnuts and a handful of dessicated coconut. If it's not sweet enough for you, you could add a tablespoon of honey, or sprinkle some brown sugar on the top in the last 5 mins of cooking.
Method
Place apple, dates (and/or raisins, coconut and walnuts), flour, cinnamon and lemon zest in a large bowl and mix well. Mix beaten egg, yoghurt, oil and lemon juice (I whisk them altogether using a simple hand whisk or fork). Pour wet ingredients into dry ones and mix together using a wooden spoon or spatula (no need for heavy kitchen machinery!).
Pour into a grease proofed muffin tin or 20 cm cake tin and bake at 180C for 30 mins as muffins or 1 hour as a cake. Check with a skewer through the middle to make sure they're / it's done. Leave in the tin for about 5 mins and then turn onto a cooling rack. Makes about 15 muffins or cake for 6-8 people.
Happy baking!
By Mummy Dearest
