Eve's Pudding - Simple Apple Sponge Recipe
A moist, comforting sponge pudding steamed or baked to perfection, drenched in warm pouring syrup or rich toffee sauce.
Ingredients
- • 1kg cooking apples (approx. 4 large) *see notes
- • 4tbsp caster sugar
- • 1tbsp butter
- • 1tbsp lemon juice
- • 3tbsp water
- • 125g softened butter (1/2 cup)
- • 125g caster sugar (1/2 cup)
- • 125g self-raising flour (1/2 cups)
- • 3 large eggs
- • 1 tsp vanilla extract
- • 1 tbsp milk
Preparation Steps
Peel, de-core and roughly chop the apples.
Put the apples in a large saucepan along with the caster sugar, butter, lemon juice and water. Heat on a medium setting, stirring frequently until softened and falling apart. This should take about 6-8 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. You can also do this by hand with a wooden spoon if preferred.
Add the vanilla extract and mix again.
Crack in one of the eggs, followed by a tablespoon of the flour. Beat until combined. Follow with the second egg and another tablespoon of flour, then the third.
Add the rest of the flour and the milk and mix until just combined.
Spread the apples out in the bottom of a baking dish, then spoon the sponge mixture on top to completely cover the apples.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer poked into the centre comes out with just moist apple but no wet batter.
Serve warm with custard or your choice of topping.