Baked Apple Almond Pudding

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. Recipe adapted from here.

Baked Apple Almond Pudding

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Servings 2

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 1 large granny smith apple
• 25 gm brown sugar
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 40 gm butter
• 55 gm caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½ tsp almond essence
• 55 gm ground almonds

Instructions

• 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.
• 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.
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Then add almond essence, egg and beat well.
• 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

• 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.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American