Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cream
• 60 g butter
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 -3 apples, peeled, quartered and cored then make slices almost through in each quarter to make fan shape
• 1/3 cup pecans, nut pieces
• 90 g butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup cold water

Recipe

• 1 combine the brown sugar, cream, 60g butter and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla in a saucepan.
• 2 bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 3 pour into a greased 20cm round cake pan and allow to cool.
• 4 arrange the apples, cut sides down, over the toffee. fill the spaces with pecan nut pieces.
• 5 cream the 90g butter ,caster sugar and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla essence, until light and fluffy.
• 6 add the eggs, one at a time, beating them well after each addition, then continue beating until fluffy.
• 7 gently fold in the flour and water. spoon the mixture over the apples and bake in a slow oven for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
• 8 allow to stand for 5-10 minutes, then carefully turn out onto a serving dish.
• 9 serve warm with lashings of cream.