This moist, apple-and-raisin-studded loaf is scented ... For dinner en famille, simply brush the cake with warm apricot jam, perhaps with a bit of rum stirred in. For something a bit fancier ...

Make this rustic-style apple tart with ... a 20cm/8in sandwich cake tin that is 3.5cm/1¼in deep, a sturdy flat baking tray and an ice cream machine. To make the rum and raisin ice cream, stir ...

Allow the cake to cool in the tin. Invert, remove from the tin. Invert again and cool on a wire rack. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Soak the raisins in the rum for 30 minutes. Drain and save the rum.