Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels and is one of the widest-read authors ever. 
She created Miss Marple and the wonderful Hercule Poirot. In 1938, she bought Greenway, a beautiful house and grounds in the Devon countryside.
It was the setting for a few of her novels and it, along with the grounds and the boathouse, has been used in some of the recent TV adaptations.
Zelda was privileged to visit recently, with friends Julie and Adrian. It seems fitting, therefore, to invite her to dinner.
At Greenway, we enjoyed some delicious apple and cider cake, so I have recreated it here, served with her favourite clotted cream - apparently she used to keep some beside her as she wrote her novels!
APPLE AND CIDER CAKE
100ml medium sweet cider
225g plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp cinnamon
225g caster sugar
225g butter, softened
2 large free range eggs
2 large cooking apples
Prepare the tin. Grease
and line or use a liner. Heat oven to 180°C/ Gas 4/ 350°F
Sift the flour, baking
powder and cinnamon into a bowl.
In a separate bowl, cream
the butter and sugar with a hand-held electric whisk.
Beat in the eggs one at a
time. Then mix in the cider.
Add this to the flour and
mix well.
Peel and core the apples.
Chop into cubes.
Add to the bowl and stir.
Spoon into the tin and
level the top.
Cook for about 1½ hours until
an inserted skewer or knife will come out clean.
Allow to cool fully, then remove from the tin.
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