Apple Butterscotch Pudding Cake

Monday 17 October 2016



When I was really small my mother used to bake us delicious goodies several times during the week . . . there was always fresh baked cookies in the cookie jar and the occasional pie and cake. She went back to work when I turned 11 though, so all the baking stopped . . . or homemade baking at any rate . . . .at least until I was trusted and allowed to experiment in the kitchen on my own.





She did sometimes buy these pudding cake mix thingies for desserts once in a while. I think there was a chocolate one and a butterscotch one and a really fake apple tasting one . . . but as a child we were just glad to have dessert. It didn't really matter that it came from a mix or that it didn't really taste all that great. It was sweet and that's what counted.



Of course as an adult and experienced baker I have come to appreciate the finer qualities of desserts that are homemade. I love pudding cakes . . . I make a really good Gingerbread Pudding Cake from scratch, as well as a Cinnamon one, and an Apple and Blueberry version which is totally scrummy as well. Let's not forget Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake either, that is like the ultimate of the ultimate pudding cakes!



There is just something that is so very special about the alchemy and magic of a cake that makes it's own sauce when it's baking! It's like a tiny delicious little miracle happening in your very own oven, just for you!!

This is a really scrumdiddlyumptious version . . . with the sweet/tartness of Granny Smith Apples on the bottom . . . topped with a buttery sponge, filled with raisins . . . and a lucious butterscotch sauce that appears like magic and goes fabulously well with it all.



Eaten warm and topped with a nice cold scoop of vanilla bean icecream, I don't think you can get much homier or delicious. Of course my Brit husband would argue that fact and say that custard is much much better . . . but the Canuck in me still longs to have a nice big scoop of ice cream, preferably a good vanilla . . . on top of my cakes, pies and desserts. I just can't help it. Old habits die hard!



But what really is icecream though . . . it is frozen custard. So I guess you could say that we both like custard on our desserts . . . just in opposite forms! He likes his warm and dripping . . . and I like mine cold and melting.



In any case . . . this Apple Butterscotch Pudding Cake rocks! With custard or with ice cream. You just can't get much better than this. I do declare!



*Apple Butterscotch Pudding Cake*
Serves 6
Printable Recipe

A delicious dessert topped with a fluffy raisin sponge atop tart sliced apples in a delicious butterscotch sauce that appears as if by magic!

4 large Granny Smith or other cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced (about 4 cups)

For the sponge:
150g self raising flour (1 1/3 cups)
50g caster sugar (generous 1/4 cup)
80g unsalted butter, chilled and diced (5 1/2 TBS)
1 medium free range egg
100ml milk (7 TBS))
the finely grated zest of one unwaxed lemon
50g of raisins or currants if you prefer (generous 1/3 cup)

For the Sauce:
80g light muscovado sugar (6 1/2 TBS)
25g unsalted butter (2 TBS)
100ml water (7 TBS)
Pinch fine sea salt
the juice of 1/2 lemon

Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*f/gas mark 4. Have ready a 2 litre oval gratin or other shallow oven proof dish.

Whisk the flour and sugar for the sponge together in a bowl. Drop in the butter. Rub the butter in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Beat together the egg and milk. Stir in along with the lemon zest and the raisings. Arrange the apple slices in the bottom of the dish and smooth the sponge mixture on top.

Place the sugar, butter, water and salt for the sauce into a small saucepan. Bring to the boil. Whisk in the lemon juice and then pour this mixture over top of the batter in the dish. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the cake is golden brown on top and the sauce is bubbling around the edges.

Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before spooning out into dessert dishes to serve. (A scoop of icecream goes nicely!)



15 comments

  1. Apples and butterscotch are two of my favorite things so I had to try this recipe. Amazingly easy to prepare! Thank you for a spectacular recipe.

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    1. I am so happy you enjoyed it Alma! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me/us know! xo

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  2. Is this cake is very sweet? I would like to make it but don't like very sweet cakes.

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    1. That all depends on your definition of sweet. I don't find it overly so. If you use a nice tart apple like the Granny Smith, it is just perfect imo. xo

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  3. A little bit like Pouding chomeur..but with apples..sure to please you know who:)

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    1. I would say it is definitely very similar Monique! Delicious! Todd loves his apples! xo

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  4. Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Apple Butterscotch Pudding Cake":

    Marie do you think any of these could be made into cupcakes? I read to a third grade class and usually bake for them but it has to be individually served. These sound delicious and healthy.

    Anonymous, I am sorry but using my phone, I accidentally deleted your comment. In answer to it, having looked at the recipe I cannot answer with any certainty that you could do this recipe as individual cakes, but I think it would be worth trying it with just one and seeing how it comes out. Because the cook time would need to be a bit shorter you would have to cook the apples for a bit first to soften them before you put them in the bottom of the ramekins. Then the timing would be a bit of guess work from there. I would check at 20 minutes, if not sooner. Hope this helps and sorry about the comment! xo

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    1. No worries, I will try it and let you know. Thank you.

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    2. Thanks very much anonymous! I will look forward to hearing about your experience!

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  5. I wanted to make this today but am a little confused by the oven temperature stated. Is it 180°C or 200°C? I know gas mark 6 is 200°C... just wondering.

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  6. Sorry Marie, don't know what I was on when I wrote this, lol. It is 350*F/180*C/gas mark 4.

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  7. Thankyou so much! All made and my house smells lovely. It looks wonderful and tastes really delicious - rich and filling which is perfect in these dark, drizzly days. Another winning recipe.

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    1. You're so welcome Marie! I am so pleased that you enjoyed! It might sound corny, but it really does make me happy when someone tries my recipes and enjoys them as much as we have! And when it is a friend, that means even more! Thank YOU! xo

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  8. This is a really delicious pudding, made it twice since recently discovering it, thank you for sharing. Looking forward to trying some more of your recipes, also love your Hobnob biscuit recipe, Julie.

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    1. Hi Julie, thanks so much for having enough faith in my recipes to try this (And the hobnobs) and for taking the time to come back and let us know about your experience! I am so pleased you enjoyed it! Thanks so much! xo

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