Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4
Use a 900g/2 lb loaf tin.
Grease and line the loaf tin. Cream together butter and sugar. Stir in sour cream and vanilla essence. Sift the dry ingredients and fold in with the orange juice. Fold in the apples and turn the mixture into the loaf tin. Bake for 55 mins. Cool in the tin for ten minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
