Fabulous gingery baked apples

This pudding is, I think, unwisely dismissed as old-fashioned or impoverished and better left behind. I disagree - it is one of the best there is.

Remember that if you don’t have all the ingredients, you can simply replace them or leave them out. Swap the walnuts for hazelnuts, the sugar for honey, flip the rum for whisky... yadder, yadder, yadder... just don’t get in the car and drive to the shops for prunes when you have raisins at home. Who knows, you may well find a combination