Apple Chocolate Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 425 g apricots or 425 g apples, pie-packed
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 125 g butter, cut into small pieces
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 60 g chocolate, cut into tiny pieces
• 1/4 cup sultana
• 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
• icing sugar, to dust

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to moderate - 180°c.
• 2 butter base and sides of a 20cm cake tin and line base with non-stick baking paper.
• 3 mix pie-pack fruit with 2 tablespoons of sugar and lemon juice and set aside.
• 4 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 5 add egg and beat well.
• 6 sift flour, baking powder,bicarb and cinnamon over top and mix. this forms a very stiff mixture.
• 7 stir in fruit mixture (apple or apricot), chocolate, sultanas and nuts. mix well.
• 8 tip mixture into prepared tin and bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until firm to touch on top.
• 9 leave to cool for 5 minutes before inverting on to a serving plate. dust with sifted icing sugar.
• 10 serve with vanilla or brandy custard, ice-cream or lightly whipped cream sweetened with a few drops of vanilla and a little castor sugar.
• 11 note: i prefer this served warm, so with the left overs i zapped each individual slice in the microwave for about 15 seconds and it was just right.
• 12 note: i also used a 385g can of pie apples as this was all i had on hand and it was perfect.