The Welsh version of harvest cake is made with apples, sultanas and cinnamon, this cake resembles very much like Irish apple cake, which is baked with a layer of fruit in the centre.There are many regional recipes for cakes are baked during the harvest time, with many variations.Some of these cakes were cooked to fuel the workers during the hard manual labour, and some were produced to be enjoyed as part of post-harvesting celebrations. Before industrialisation, harvest time would be more muscle-wrenching, dirty, hot and exhausting; obviously the workers in the fields needed all the calories they could get, and traditional harvest foods went some way to providing these. The Harvest Supper served by the farmer or land-owner after the harvest was completed. The foods was very likely second only to Christmas in terms of what was provided for workers to consume. For the poorest labourers such food was a very welcome change from their usual diet. On the eve of the last harvest, all of the local wives would get together and bake cakes and pies, amongst many other things, for the harvest home feast which in Welsh is ffest y pen. Hare broth was popular, made with hare and a few root vegetables. Poten gan was a traditional white pudding made with wheatmeal, milk and brown sugar whilst a harvest cake known as Teisen y Cynhaeaf and Teisen Blat was a spiced fruit turnover made of shortcrust pastry spiced with cinnamon, and fruit such as apples, rhubarb or plums; similar to the bakestone turnovers which is quite popular as well.Am so happy that today am posting 23th post of this Mega blogging marathon with A-Z Baking around the world as theme. Recipe Source: here 2cups Flour 2tsp Baking powder 175g unsalted butter 1cup Brown sugar 2 Large eggs (beaten) 1/2tsp Mixed spice powder 1/2tsp Cinnamon powder 3nos Apples (peeled & cored) 1/4cup Sultanas or Currants 1/4cup Almonds (flaked)/Walnuts Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a round baking pan ( i used 8inch springform) and keep aside. Melt together the butter and sugar, once the butter melts, remove the pan from the fire. Let it cool slightly before beating the eggs. Add the eggs to the melted butter-sugar mixture and whisk well. Sift flour, baking powder and spice powders into a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and beat everything together gently. Meanwhile take the apples, sultanas and almonds/walnuts into a second bowl, and mix well. Spoon half the cake mixture into the prepared pan, and then top it with the fruit and nuts mixture. Top the fruit-nut mixture with the remaining cake batter. Lightly smooth the top of the cake, to press down the fruits-nuts mixture. Bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Let it cool completely. Remove the cake and enjoy. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 75 An InLinkz Link-up