Apple Cheese Sponge

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Apples and cheese are a traditional combination in both sweet and savoury dishes.

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Ingredients

  • Serves: 6
  • 100 Gram Butter (4 oz)
  • 100 Gram Self raising flour (4 oz)
  • Pinch Salt
  • 75 Gram Caster sugar (4 oz)
  • 100 Gram Red Leicester cheese, diced (4 oz)
  • 1 Egg, beaten
  • 2 Tablespoon Milk
  • 150 Gram Cooking apples (6 oz)
  • 450 ml Custard, to serve (1 1/2 pints)

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the butter in a saucepan.

Mix flour, salt, sugar and cheese in a bowl. Add butter, egg and milk. Mix well. Peel, core and dice apple. Add to the mixture.

Pour into a greased loose-bottomed 20 cm (8 inch) cake tin and level the surface. Bake at 190 °C / 375 °F / Gas 5 for 30-35 minutes or until risen and golden.

Cool for 5 minutes then remove from tin and place on a wire rack.

Serve warm with custard if desired.