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Eve’s Pudding

November 8, 2016 Penny Leave a Comment

Delightful Apple Sponge Pudding

Eves Pudding From Autumn Apples

When apples are plentiful, I think about more recipes to cook with apples. Apple Crumble is still one of my favourite puddings and Stewed Apples is great when you want to keep the calories low. I have enough Apple Chutney to keep me going through the winter, even after I have given some away as Christmas presents.

There are so many ways to use up the glut of apples that are simple and delicious – but Eve’s Pudding must be one of the best!

I had just cooked large quantities of Apple and Parsnip Soup as some friends came for lunch.

I asked my friend who kindly donated the apples to me, what her favourite apple recipes were and she said that sometimes she cooks Eve’s pudding. Of course! How could I have forgotten? Not only was it one of my favourite school dinner puddings, my Mother used to make it too! It is such an easy pudding to put together too!

The Classic Apple Pudding

I looked around at a few recipes and as usual some are much more fussy and complicated than others. In my opinion, Eve’s Pudding really is a recipe to keep as simple as possible. It is just slices of apples underneath, and a sponge mixture on the top. Some recipes recommend stewing the apples to a pulp before putting the sponge recipes on top, but personally I like it when the apples have a little bite to them, so like with Apple Crumble, I would put the apples in raw and cook them with the sponge.

The Name Eve’s Pudding

The name of course comes from the story of Adam and Eve, when Eve tempted Adam with the apple. It could just as easily be called Apple Sponge Pudding! It can be served with custard, cream or ice cream – or my childhood favourite – evaporated milk!

When making this, I recommend you make the sponge mixture first and slice up the apples second, so they have less time in the open when they could start to go brown. The sponge topping is simply a victoria sponge basic recipe. I made the pudding in a pyrex dish

You will need about 500g of apples, but you can add more, if you have more apples. It depends on the proportion of apples to sponge you would like. If you are short on apples, add some sultanas and / or another fruit such as blackberries or pears. You can add cinnamon and / or mixed spice to the apples but somehow I prefer this pudding with just its own flavours

As with all sponge puddings, serve with custard, cream, ice cream, evaporated milk or yoghurt.

Eve’s Pudding Recipe

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 125g / 4oz margarine
  • 125g / 4oz sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 125g / 4oz self-raising flour
  • 500g /1lb apples
  • 50g-100g sugar (to taste and according to sweetness of apples)

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C

  2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until it is light and fluffy

  3. Add the eggs and flour and mix together thoroughly

  4. Grease the baking dish you are using with a little margarine

  5. Peel and slice the apples

  6. Arrange the apples in the bottom of the baking dish

  7. Sprinkle with sugar

  8. Spoon the sponge mixture over the top of the apples

  9. Bake in the oven until for 40 minutes or until the sponge is set and golden brown on top

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Comments

  1. Hazel may says

    February 19, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    I used a little mixed spice and some sultanas and it was absolutely delicious
    Thank you for lovely recipe

    Reply
  2. PATRICIA Cameron says

    November 17, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    Used the last of the apples from our tree today & made 9 to sell at Grandaughters Christmas fair this week, but had to keep one for ourselves & it was delicious & so simple to make xx

    Reply
    • PATRICIA Cameron says

      November 19, 2015 at 1:24 am

      How long do they keep, got then in foil containers in the fridge? X

      Reply
      • Penny says

        November 19, 2015 at 7:25 am

        Just 2-3 days but they will freeze well

        Reply
  3. Geoff says

    November 10, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    Cooked this today with some windfall Bramleys and enjoyed a delicious home made pud – so simple even a bloke can do it! And easy proportions to remember! I’m sure I will be returning to this recipe again. Many thanks. PS I used light brown castor sugar for the mixture (which worked fine), does it work best with any particular type of sugar?

    Reply
    • Penny says

      November 11, 2015 at 1:47 pm

      Glad you enjoyed it – and of course a bloke can do it!!! You can use any sugar – the darker brown ones will add more flavour. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Susie says

    November 8, 2015 at 10:50 am

    I used this recipe to use up some of the eating apples from our Apple tree and it was delicious. I used 2 medium eggs and therefore did need to add a little milk. I will certainly be using this recipe again. Thank you Penny for sharing it.

    Reply
  5. Ann kelly says

    November 2, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Decided to have a soup and pudding day today .made the lentil soup then the eve,s pudding.both were lovely. Thumb’s up from all the family. Thanks for the recipes

    Reply
  6. Sharon says

    October 6, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    Penny, just wanted to let you know I tried your recipe for Eve’s pudding today, it was excellent, so easy & so tasty 10 out of 10!

    Reply
    • Penny says

      October 7, 2015 at 9:32 pm

      So glad you enjoyed it – and thank you so much for your kind comment 🙂

      Reply

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