For God's sake, somebody lock this thread - I'm dribbling and drooling just reading it! I first tasted Dorset Apple cake about 30 years ago - that first taste...I've been hooked ever since.

A more serious question: I have an apple tree (an old Sussex apple called a Crawley Beauty) which produces pounds and pounds of fruit each year. When we've made all the pies, crumbles, juice, jelly and chutney that we can store or give away - when we've given away as much as we can - what's the best way of storing apples? We usually wrap ours individually in old newspaper and lay in trays in the garden shed.

Any better ideas?