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 ...

Equipment and preparation: you will need 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 ...