An easy recipe for apple and cinnamon cake with free printable recipe.

Bonfire Night

Bonfire night is such fun isn't it?

We're really looking forward to it, although I don't think the weather will be on our side this year.

It's not as cold as it usually is for Guy Fawkes night, but we've had a lot of fog this week and it's wet today, so it's not looking good. No matter what the weather, we have to go to our local firework display or Cooper will be so disappointed.

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What is Bonfire Night?

Bonfire night or Guy Fawkes is an old and strange British ritual.

It's an evening where we get together and remember the night in 1605 when Guy Fawkes used 36 barrels of gunpowder to blow up the Houses of Parliament (where our government meet), to kill King James I and restore a Catholic government to power.

He failed, so he hanged!

What do we do on Bonfire Night?

We build bonfires and burn them with a guy (an effigy of Guy Fawkes) sitting proudly on top. We also have firework displays along side the bonfires and the organised events have music playing and food stalls.

As children we learned the rhyme and asked for a "penny for the guy".

I don't think many people remember anything other than the first line or two these days. In fact the first line remember, remember the fifth of November is just the phrase we say to recall the date of the festival, so that has become part of our language now.

Remember, Remember

Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.
By god's mercy he was catch'd
With a darkened lantern and burning match.

So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.
And what shall we do with him?
Burn him! 

It had a gruesome beginning, but it's great fun, especially for children.

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Bonfire Night Snacks

Snacks and drinks are an essential part of the evening. 

We'll be short of time, so we'll just have something quick and light before we head out wrapped in lots of layers. 

There will be burger vans there, but we will take our own food.

We'll all be sporting warm hats, scarves and gloves, but we'll take hot drinks in flasks and something yummy to snack on like my easy chickpea hand pies or some homemade veggie sausage rolls. 

We will also take sparklers to light and wave in the air as the fireworks explode.

Apple and Cinnamon Cake for Bonfire Night

This delicious cake is full of season apples. Wrap a few slices up and take them with you to enjoy while you are watching the firework display.

You won't regret it!

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Apple and Cinnamon Cake

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

November 4, 2015

An easy spiced apple cake. Perfect with a cuppa on the cold days of Autumn and Winter. Made with yoghurt and love.

Ingredients

• 3 apples
• 115g unsalted butter, softened
• 250g caster sugar (plus 1 tbsp for sprinkling)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract `
• 250g plain flour, sieved
• 2 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon (plus extra for sprinkling)
• 125g plain yogurt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170◦C/350◦F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line an 8 inch round loose bottom or spring-form cake tin2. Begin by peeling and coring one apple, quarter and chop into rough pieces. Take the other two and leaving the skin on cut into quarters and then into thin slices, taking out the core. Set aside for a moment.3. Cream together the butter, sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one by one and then add the vanilla extract. 4. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon, stir well until these are all incorporated. Add the reserved apple pieces and the yogurt and give the mixture a good stir.5. Pour into the prepared tin and smooth the top making sure it is level. Arrange the apple slices on top of the cake in a circular pattern.6. Combine 1tbsp of caster sugar and 1tsp of ground cinnamon and sprinkle this over the top of the apple slices.7. Bake for 50 mins/ 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.8. Allow to cool in the tin before removing and transferring to a wire rack.9. Enjoy!

Details

Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Yield: Makes 1 large cake

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