Apple Sponge
An old fashioned apple dessert that's simple and delicious.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 353kcal
Equipment
- 1 pie dish (approx 22cm)
Ingredients
- 550 grams apples (about 4 granny smith or other cooking apples)
- ¼ cup caster sugar
- ½ lemon
- 1 pinch ground cloves (optional)
- 100 grams butter
- ½ cup caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup plain/all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to moderate (180 degrees celsius/350 degrees fahrenheit).
- Grease pie dish.
- Peel and core apples, quarter and then slice (about 5mm thick). Place in the pie dish, spreading out evenly.
- Squeeze juice from the lemon onto the sliced apple and then sprinkle with first measure of sugar (¼ cup) and ground cloves if you're adding the spice.
- Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat again.
- Stir in sifted flour. Mixture will be quite thick.
- Spoon mixture over apples and then spread more evenly if possible with a spatula or back of a spoon.
- Place into oven for 30 minutes or until top is cooked and a golden colour.
- Serve warm with custard, cream or ice cream
Notes
Storing:
The sponge is fine re-heated the next day provided you store it in the fridge.
Freezing:
Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in fridge and re-heat
Nutrition:
The nutrition information is an automatically generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
Nutrition
Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 282mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 508IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 1mg