Eve's Pudding
This delightful apple sponge pudding recipe combines soft apples cooked in a sweet and buttery sauce, topped with a light and fluffy sponge cake layer. The warm and comforting dessert is perfect for cozy nights in and pairs beautifully with a dollop of cream or custard.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 large cooking apples
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp water
- 20g/¾oz butter
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 75g/3oz butter
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 100g/3½oz self-raising flour
- 2 free-range eggs
- 1 tbsp boiling water
- cream or custard
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
- Peel, core and roughly chop the apples. Add the apples to a saucepan with the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons water. Stir, cover and cook briskly for five minutes until the apples are soft.
- Add the butter and caster sugar and stir. Then transfer to a 900ml/1½ pint capacity ceramic gratin dish, about 5cm/2in deep. Leave to cool while you prepare the topping.
- For the topping, cream together the butter and caster sugar until fluffy and light.
- Fold the flour and egg in alternate spoonfuls into the sugar mixture until blended, being careful to keep folding rather than stirring energetically - this will keep air in the mixture and fold in. Add a spoonful of boiling water to the mix.
- Spoon the mixture over the apples. Cook in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until the topping is puffy and golden. Serve with cream or custard.
Cook Time
1H
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Serves 4
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