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Tray Bake Apple Pudding

February 21, 2016 by Tania 14 Comments

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 You can make this Tray Bake Apple Pudding with pantry ingredients and a couple of apples. Stir together and it straight from the oven. Yum!!!

Tray apple pudding in a baking tart

Farmers market Apples

The best way to know what is in season is to pay a visit to your local farmer’s market. The fluorescent lights of the supermarket can often lull us into believing things are in season all year round. They aren’t, check-in at the local markets. That’s where you’ll find all the goodies growing in a reasonable radius of your city and that’s where I was last weekend when I dreamt up this treat.

Apple Tray bake: Hillview Fine Foods

Inspired by a farmer

I got talking to a really nice guy on the Hillview Fine Foods stall at Marrickville market after I noticed a box of semi-dried plums on the counter. I love this kind of thing with cheeses and baking, and I wondered who bothers to semi-dry their own plums these days? It seems that Jason from Hillview Fine Foods can bother to do lots of things.

Jason’s a guy that grew up on a farm in the Bylong Valley but couldn’t wait to get to the big smoke, moving to Sydney after high school.  He clearly has an entrepreneurial spirit because he quickly found his way in Sydney and started a business that eventually stretched nationally before a very unfortunate turn of events caused him to reassess what he needed to do to pick up and keep going.

Apple Tray bake

The decision

Visiting his parents’ farm during his stressful corporate career became a highlight of his downtime. It’s funny how the past sometimes just becomes your future, it seeps back in, and there you are…..looking for a Farm to buy.

In 2011 he found Hillview in Batlow. It already had 3500 apple trees, and after being on the market for some years was seemingly just waiting for him. His parents bought a neighbouring farm that had chestnuts, hazelnuts, and walnuts growing. They added fruit and vegetables and before long, all this produce found a home at markets.

He has managed to include his parents and surrounding local farms in his expanding business. They cover many markets in Sydney and on the outskirts and the business continues to expand into home delivery and wholesale.

Apple Tray Bake
Hillview Fine Foods

Easy Apple Pudding

I am sure you are the same, markets are an exciting place for a cook and it is so tempting to buy everything you see. I bought a lot of apples because they looked so good and rather than let them get soft in the fruit bowl, I made this tray-bake apple pudding

A traybake means easy no-fuss baking and this recipe is just like that. It can be made with other fruits too because it is a simple and adaptable recipe.

Apple Tray bake : Hillview Fine Foods

What do you need for this traybake?

  • The Fruit: Apples are great in this traybake. Use pretty much any apple you have to hand. You could also use pears or plums and firm peaches. You could use a mix of apple and strawberry or raspberry but take care using berries or very water filled fruits alone. These will play around with the fluffy cake texture. Use a ratio of 2 parts firm fruit to 1 part softer fruit.
  • Eggs: I use free-range eggs. The without shell weight of my eggs is around 50 gm/ 1.76 oz
  • Sugar: caster or granulated sugar is used in the recipe. If you only had brown sugar or golden caster sugar then go ahead and use that too.
  • All purpose self raising flour: I have used self raising all purpose flour in this recipe. If you don’t have self rasing flour don’t worry! Self raising flour is plain flour with a heaped teaspoon of baking powder per cup. Here that would be 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder. I haven’t tried this recipe using a gluten free alternative. If you do, let me know how it goes. My only suggestion would be a combination of gluten free and almond meal (flour). Gluten free flour alone will not be enough to stand up to the water in the fruit
  • Butter: melted butter gives the pudding its soft mouthfeel and helps with colour and texture. Add the butter when warm. make sure it is not too hot and equally don’t let it firm up once melted or it will be too hard to stir through
  • Spices: I have added cinnamon to my pudding but you could also add nutmeg, mixed spice, allspice or ground cardamom. It’s up to you!
Apple Tray Bake:Hillview Fine Foods

Dad conducting tastings of all the fruit

Eat this straight from the oven

The best thing of all is that the tray bake apple pudding should be eaten straight from the oven HOT. No waiting and no decorating icing or slicing. Just dig in.

If you need to keep it, rewarm in the microwave, because it will start to crumble when cold due to all of those chopped apples. It tastes a little bit like apple pie to me. AND I LUVVV apple pie. We served it with whipped cream but you could go for ice cream in vanilla or even caramel flavour.

Apple Tray bake: Hillview Fine Foods

What to serve with Tray bake apple pudding

Oh I am so glad you asked.

Serve this pudding with ice cream. Vanilla is good but it is extra good with caramel ice cream too. Whipped cream or creme fraiche is also nice with this warm pudding.

Apple Tray bake: Hillview Fine Foods

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Apple Tray bake: Hillview Fine Foods

Tray Bake Apple Pudding

This very rustic recipe should be served hot from the oven. That is when it is at it’s best. Lashings of cream or ice cream are compulsory
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Baking
Servings 6 serves

Ingredients
  

  • 400 gm apples, peeled diced 3 cups or 2 to 3 apples | 14.10oz
  • 100 gm caster sugar 1/2 cup | 3.52 oz or brown sugar
  • 245 gm Self Raising Flour 1 3/4 cups | 8.64 oz
  • 125 gm butter, 4.40 oz | melted
  • 1 whole egg beaten
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping

  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 100 gm caster sugar 1/2 cup | 3.52 oz, raw or hail sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180 C /360 F. Line and grease a 25 x 18 cm ( 7x 10 in) brownie tray or well greased pyrex dish. Measurements are in Australian cup sizes. Egg is 50 gm / 1.76 oz without shell
  • Mix the flour with the sugar then add the apples and fold together with hands or a spoon
  • Melt the butter and set it aside for several minutes. It should be warm but not hot when added.
  • Mix the egg and the vanilla together then pour the egg, melted butter into the apple mixture, and stir with a spoon until well combined and the egg and butter is mixed evenly throughout.
  • Spoon into the tray and smooth over
  • Mix the cinnamon and sugar then sprinkle over the top of the prepared tray .
  • Bake for 35- 40 minutes or until firm to touch.
  • EAT straight away…..Yes you are allowed!

Notes

  • This recipe uses self raising flour. If you do not have self raising flour don’t worry. Use plain flour use 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder per cup of flour. here you will need 1 1/2 teaspoons.
  • You can use apples, pears, plums or other similar firm fruits. If using very soft fruit like berries use 2 parts firm fruit to 1 part softer fruits or the pudding cake will be too wet and dense to rise. 
  • Use whatever spices you like. if cinnamon is not your thing add, mixed spice, allspice, nutmeg or cardamom. Spices could also be added to the flour instead of on the top.
  • Sugar sprinkled on top adds texture. you can use raw sugar or coconut sugar or any other sugar you like. The sugar on top can also be omitted if you would like to lessen the sugar content. The amount in the recipe is also only a suggested amount. The recipe will work just fine without the sugar sprinkled on top
  • When melting the butter be aware that extra hot butter straight from the microwave could cook the egg. Conversely, if the butter has sat long enough to set to partially solid it will be difficult to stir in evenly. The butter needs to be warmbutter temperature
  • Lastly. If you want to leave the skin on the fruit you can. This may leave a bit too much texture in the pudding with some fruits. Some apples Pears don’t seem to have a skin problem but some apples and plums do.
 
Keyword apple desssert, pudding, warm desserts
Apple Tray bake: Hillview Fine Foods

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  1. The Hungry Mum

    May 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    That fresh produce! So colourful and vibrant. Love supporting growers, rather than the big supermarket bullies. And this dessert looks perfect or Sydney’s cooling weather. Delish.

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    • My Kitchen Stories

      May 22, 2016 at 12:02 pm

      Yes it makes you happy to be able to support the little guy doesn’t it?

      Reply
  2. grace

    March 1, 2016 at 12:16 am

    i love apple pie too, but this is easier and probably even more delicious! great bake. 🙂

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    • My Kitchen Stories

      March 1, 2016 at 7:07 am

      Thanks Grace and thanks for visiting

      Reply
  3. Helen | Grab Your Fork

    February 23, 2016 at 1:06 am

    Yum. Love the simplicity of this dessert – and if you eat it straight out of the tray there’s less washing up too!
    Helen | Grab Your Fork recently posted..Ghostboy Cantina, Dixon House Food Court, Chinatown, SydneyMy Profile

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      February 23, 2016 at 7:37 am

      Yes ditch the dishes!

      Reply
  4. Angie@Angie's Recipes

    February 22, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Easy to prepare and the result is great! Love this kind of recipes.
    Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted..Whole Baked Romanesco with Ajvar SauceMy Profile

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      February 22, 2016 at 11:06 pm

      Thanks Angie. It is rustically simple but very fresh

      Reply
  5. Maree

    February 22, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    Beautiful story and looks like a beautiful pudding!

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    • My Kitchen Stories

      February 22, 2016 at 11:07 pm

      Hey thanks Maree. I am glad I met Jason.

      Reply
  6. Kari @ bite-sized thoughts

    February 22, 2016 at 12:50 am

    I liked hearing about Hillview and this pudding looks utterly delicious!
    Kari @ bite-sized thoughts recently posted..Cacao pecan truffle ballsMy Profile

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      February 22, 2016 at 8:10 am

      Yeah its a nice story Kari

      Reply
  7. Amanda (@lambsearshoney)

    February 21, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Apples already! We have an apple orchard, but the birds take all of ours every year – they seem to know when we are to beginning to think about netting and get in first.
    Lovely recipe and I can’t wait to try it. Anything that is made in one container has my vote every time.
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      February 22, 2016 at 8:10 am

      Ha thanks Amanda. I am not sure what they do to stop the birds but they seem to get a few apples.

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