Mom's Apple Pudding

Ingredients

• 1.30 gram butter
• 2.3 eggs
• 3.125 millilitre sugar
• 4.5 millilitre vanilla essence
• 5.45 millilitre flour
• 6.10 millilitre baking powder
• 7.1 green apple, large; peeled and grated
• 8.10 millilitre apricot jam

Method

1. 1.Heat oven to 350°F (180°C).
2. 2.Melt the butter in the oven in the dish you intend to use.
3. 3.Beat the eggs, the sugar and vanilla until thick and pale lemon in colour.
4. 4.Sift the flour and baking powder together. Gently fold into the egg mixture.
5. 5.Add the melted butter to this after swirling round dish to coat.
6. 6.While the eggs are beating, peel and grate the apple. Add jam to taste — apple should not be too sweet.
7. 7.Press gently against a strainer — this rids the apples of excess moisture.
8. 8.Now pour half the mixture into the same dish in which you have melted the butter. Spread over the grated apple. Pour over the rest of the batter.
9. 9.Bake until a pale golden colour.
10. 10.The pudding sometimes falls in but this is of no consequence.
11. 11.Serve at room temperature or slightly warm with cream.

Notes

• This is a small pudding so I usually double or treble the recipe. Reduce the vanilla essence and scant your baking powder when scaling up.
• Apple should not be too sweet — adjust jam quantity accordingly.
• The pudding is served directly from the baking dish.