Upside Down Honey Apple Pudding                        

 A warming, easy, winter pudding.

You will need a crisp tasty fresh apple, such as a large Braeburn or Granny Smith.

 Peeled, cored and sliced.  (about 250gms of apple)

Take a knob of butter about
50gms of Butter, melt in frypan, add apple slices,

together with a teaspoon of cinnamon or mixed spice,

fry off gently for about 5 minutes and then finely

add a good 1/4 cup of flavoursome Honey.

Stir to combine the honey and then pour into a buttered 20cms round cake tin.

To make the pudding beat well together
     125gms of butter with
     1/2  cup of sugar.
Continue beating then add, one at a time
2 large free range eggs together with a spoonful of flour (to help stop it separating) 

Beat for up to 5 minutes.

Sift into the butter, sugar, egg mixture
1 cup of Plain flour   together with  1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
fold and then add
2 tablespoons of full cream milk
together with   1 teaspoon of vanilla essence (optional)

Pour, spoon over the honeyed apples in the tin
Bake in pre-heated 180c oven for about 40 minutes

until skewer test pronounces cooked in the middle!.
Rest a few minutes before turning out.

                                                              21st July 2006