The theme for this month's Home Bakers Challenge is puddings. Though I have made no-bake puddings, I haven't tried my hands on baked puddings. This month's host, Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth, gave us six wonderful baked pudding recipes. I was torn between the chocolate pudding and apple almond pudding. I love apple based desserts, so decided on this pudding.
This gluten-free apple almond pudding is quite easy and quick to make and calls for very few ingredients. It has an stewed apple base topped with an almond sponge. I halved the recipe and spiced up the apples with cinnamon. The pudding tastes good served warm or cold, on its own. You can also serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or drizzle of cream.
APPLE ALMOND PUDDING RECIPE
{ Baked apple and almond pudding }Recipe Source ~ Delia Online
Serves 3
Ingredients:
1 large granny smith apple25g brown sugar¼ tsp ground cinnamon40g butter55g caster sugar1 large egg½ tsp almond essence55g ground almonds
Method:
1. Peel, core and slice the apples. Place them in a saucepan and add brown sugar, cinnamon and 1 tbsp water. Cook on low heat until apples turn soft.
2. Grease a small baking dish with butter. Arrange the apple slices on the bottom of the baking dish. Preheat oven to 180 °C | 350 °F.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Then add almond essence, egg and beat well.
4. Gently fold in the ground almonds. Spread this mixture evenly over the apples. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden and springs back when touched.
Notes and Tips
- You can use any variety of apple for this pudding, but I recommend using slightly tart or sour apples.
- Check after 20 minutes to see if the pudding is done. If the top has browned, cover with a foil and bake.
