Eve's pudding

In the cold weather it is so nice to have a warm comforting pudding. Eve’s pudding combines apple and sponge. Using cooking apples means that the apples break down a little and also provide a little tang to a sweet dish.

Ingredients (serves 4)

2 large cooking apples (
1 Tbsp lemon juice
20g/¾oz butter
2 Tbsp caster sugar

For the topping

75g/3oz butter
100g/3½oz caster sugar
100g/3½oz self-raising flour
2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
1 Tbsp boiling water

What do we need?

Chopping board
Sharp knife
Saucepan
Wooden spoon
Weighing scales
Tablespoon
Teaspoon
Oven proof dish (needs to be at least 5cm deep)

Tia's tip

I love this pudding with custard but it would also be nice on its own or with ice cream!

What do we do?

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.

Peel the cooking apples and cut into four pieces. Remove the core and then cut the pieces into smaller pieces. Each quarter should be cut into 8-10 pieces.
Put the apples in the saucepan. Add the lemon juice and 2 Tbsp water. Put the lid on and cook the apples for 5 mins. They need to be softened.
When cooked add the butter and caster sugar to the apples and give them a good stir. T
Put the apples into your oven proof dish.
For the sponge, put the butter and sugar into a bowl and mix them together with a wooden spoon or electric mixer. It should turn lighter in colour.
Carefully add the flour and eggs. Stir gently at this point to try and keep the mixture fluffy. Add 1Tbsp to the mixture and stir again.
Put the sponge mixture on top of the apple mixture.
Put the pudding in the oven and cook for 30-35 minutes.

Eat and enjoy!

Property of Cooking Pioneers based on a recipe from BBC Food