Apple & allspice puddle pudding

Name: Apple & allspice puddle pudding
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; 1½ teaspoons allspice; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 100 g (⅔ cup) plain flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 50 ml (scant ¼ cup) milk; 1 egg; 60 g (2¼ oz) caster sugar; 50 g (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 medium Bramley apples, peeled, cored and cut into wedges or rounds; 80 g (2¾ oz) dark muscovado or dark brown soft sugar; 1 tablespoon golden syrup

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Whisper of Cardamom

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2024

About

Puddle puddings are a culinary miracle. You pour hot sugared water over cake batter and it looks a bit wet and unpromising, but then it emerges from the oven with the layers reversed. There is now a vanilla and allspice-scented sponge on top and a delectable sticky toffee sauce below. Perfect for winter family meals.

Ingredients

100 g (⅔ cup) plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Dessert
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Find an ovenproof dish about 2 litres (8 cups) in capacity. Heat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan (375°F).

Mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, allspice and salt.

In a stand mixer, cream the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. B