Raspberry and Hazelnut Crumble Cake

Another take on the delicious crumble cake, perfect to use up the squashy raspberries at the bottom of the box and just the thing to munch with a cup of tea in this ridiculously cold weather.

For the cake:

6oz/150g self raising flour

2oz/50g caster sugar

1 egg

1.5fl oz/40ml milk

4oz/100g butter

few drops of vanilla essence
1oz/25g chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (milk dark or white)

A couple of handfuls of raspberries

For the crumble:
1oz/25g hazelnuts

1oz/25g oats

1oz/25g plain flour

1oz/25g butter

0.5oz/15g soft brown sugar

Preheat the oven to gas mark 6/200C.

Put the hazelnuts on a tray and put in the oven for 5 minutes, shake the tray and roast for another few minutes until starting to turn golden.  Leave to cool (if they have the skins on, rub them off).

If you have a loose bottomed tin (about 6" diameter), grease and dust with flour, or if using a normal tin, grease and line with baking parchment.

Melt the butter, then remove from heat and stir in the milk.

Once cool, whisk in the egg and vanilla essence.  In a bowl mix together the flour and sugar and beat in the wet ingredients.  Turn down the oven to 180C/gas mark 4.

Stir in the chocolate, then pour into the prepared tin and smooth over.

Top with a single layer of fruit.

Place the hazelnuts in a blender and blend until you have some fine bits and some chunky bits (technical terms...).

In a bowl mix together the flour and oats and rub in the butter to make a breadcrumb consistency.

Add the sugar and hazelnuts and stir until well incorporated, then sprinkle over the top of the cake.

Sprinkle this over the fruit layer and bung in the oven for 30-35 mins, until a skewer inserted in to the centre comes out clean.  Leave to cool for 10 mins before removing from the tin.

Sadly I made this quite late at night and then we rushed off with it early the next morning and I completely forgot to take a picture of it.  By the time I remembered there were only crumbs left in the tin.

You'll just have to make your own to see what it looks like and how quickly it disappears!