Eve’s Pudding is a British classic. A layer of stewed apples is topped with a vanilla sponge for the ultimate comfort food. Serve with custard or vanilla ice cream!
I love autumn, I love the colours, the sound of crisp leaves under foot and I love Bramley apples. Every time I see Bramley apples in the supermarket I reach out and buy another pack because they are so delicious and quickly transformed into a delicious pudding.
So yesterday rather than making another crumble I remembered Eve’s Pudding a traditional recipe which I first made at school and hadn’t made for years.
I looked for my old school exercise book but found that I just had the ingredients written down and no method.
So I looked on-line at other Eve’s Pudding recipes and decided that a much simpler approach was needed and also decided to add a bit of vanilla bean paste to the sponge topping as well as upping the apple content (why skimp on the healthy bit?)
When I served my Eve’s Pudding and custard to the family they all loved it and my daughter asked why I hadn’t made it in years. I couldn’t even remember having made it in her life time, but I must have used someone else’s recipe as my school one was so incomplete!
So now I’ve developed this fuss free version I will be making this on a regular basis. We all need comfort food, it’s good for the soul and our well being. Having a bowl of Eve’s Pudding and custard is like having hug in a bowl.
More Comfort Puddings
As the nights draw in and the weather gets chillier it’s time to embrace comfort food! Hence I asked some fellow food bloggers for their favourite puddings, so here they are along with a few of mine:
- Banana Pudding
- Rhubarb Pudding
- Wholemeal Bread & Butter Pudding
- Golden Syrup and Clotted Cream Croissant Pudding
- Quick Apple Puddings
- Apple Meringue
- Apple & Marzipan Dumplings
- Klafoutis: A Black Cherry Pudding
- Plum, Apple and Almond Tarte Tatin
- Blackberry & Apple Crumble
- Slow Cooker Golden Syrup Suet Pudding
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Dumplings
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Eve's Pudding - simple and delicious!
Ingredients
- 3 Bramley apples/cooking apples about 600g
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp water
- 100 g granulated sugar
- For the sponge topping:
- 100 g self raising flour sieved
- 75 g buttery spread (or softened butter)
- 75 g caster sugar
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Put the lemon juice and water into a pan.
- Peel, core and quarter the apples, then cut each quarter into 3 slices (add the slices to the pan as you go along, giving a stir to coat).
- Sprinkle the granulated sugar over the apples and simmer (under a lid) on a medium heat for about 5 minutes or until the apples are cooked through.
- Once ready take off the heat and transfer to a 15 cm souffle dish to cool.
- To make the sponge topping use an electric whisk to beat together the buttery spread and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
- Next beat in the vanilla bean paste, followed by the egg a little at a time.
- Fold in the flour a tablespoon at a time.
- Spread the mixture over the apples.
- Bake in the oven for 40 – 45 minutes (or until an inserted skewer comes out clean).
- Serve with custard or vanilla ice cream.
Angie Cruickshank
I made mine with pears and added some ginger syrup….delicious
Camilla
Awesome Angie, bet that was amazing;-)
Frances Jessiman
Brilliant,easy recipe, I have never made this before, usually Crumble, my mother made it for us years ago, Completely forgot about it till family said why do you never make Eve’s pudding like Granny used to make,
Camilla
Aww, that’s wonderful to here Frances, so glad you enjoyed it a relived some memories:-)
Nicola
Very quick and easy to make. I grated the apple as the kids moan if it’s chunks of apples. Haha.. It’s just gone in the oven now. Can’t wait to try it ! Thank you
Camilla
Thank you Nicola, it’s one of my all time favourites puddings and now you’ve made me want it again LOL:-)
Frances McGrath
Such an easy recipe and just so delicious With lots of custard. Just like I used to make when in my secondary schools cooking class (1962). I practised every weekend as that was part of my exam menu. I’ve loved it ever since. I had forgotten about over the year but now at 72 it’s back on the menu thanks to you .
Camilla
Aaw, that’s wonderful Frances, so glad to have reignited the memory and dish for you. It’s so good isn’t it and this is the recipe I made at school too:-)
Patricia Watson
We have an abundance of apples this year and trying to find different recipes rather than stewed or crumble. So quick and easy is what I like.
Camilla
Great Patricia, your apples have found a very good home:-)
Joyce
I’ve made this twice now and my family love it with ice cream and/or pouring cream. xx
Camilla
It’s one of my favourite puddings Joyce, so glad your family love it too:-)
Maggie
Made it today with apples from the tree in our garden. I used less sugar than advised as we grow eating apples. The result was delicious.
Camilla
So glad you liked it Maggie and good idea to reduce the sugar for dessert apples:-)
Irene Muir
Can I prepare this pudding early in the day and fire it up at teatime? Can it be left standing for hours before baking?
Camilla
I’m afraid not Irene as the raising agent in the self raising flour is activated once wet so need to be put in the oven straight away. You could of course stew the fruit in advance.
Jan
I added some cinnamon to the apples and it was delicious
Camilla
Fab, yes I’ve heard of that being done before:-)
Linda Currie
My Granny used to make this, we always had it with cold milk – just another serving suggestion.
Camilla
What a lovely memory:-)
Mark
That’s how I remember it.
Best with milk.
Mary
I used pears it was lovely
Camilla
Excellent Mary, I bet that tasted amazing too:-)
Cheryl
Hi, Can you substitute the bean paste for vanilla extract? Thanks
Camilla
Yes Cheryl, use whatever you have:-)
Jane
Is it really a 15 cm souffle dish? That seems small.
Camilla
I’ve just been to measure again and yes that is the size of my souffle dish, you could always use a slightly bigger/shallower dish if you don’t have a dish this size.
Fiona
I’ve a glut of pears, would it work with pears?
Camilla
Yes you could use pears but you probably need to cut down the amount of sugar you add to them as they’re quite sweet.
Eileen
Can you reheat
Camilla
Hi Eileen, I’ve never tried but I imagine you could do so in the microwave or if you don’t have one, cover with foil and reheat in oven.
Mags
Can you freeze
Camilla
I have never frozen Eve’s Pudding before but in theory you could. It might not be as good as when if first came out of the oven though.
Muriel
How many ramekins will this doe
Camilla
Hi Muriel, I’ve never made this in ramekins but depending on the size you have I’d say between 4 – 6.
Elizabeth
I make something very similar but I make a ginger flavour sponge as apple and ginger are such a good autumn combination.
Teresa
Would this be 160 fan ?
Camilla
All temperatures given on my blog are for conventional ovens. I do have a Neff fan oven but it must have been faulty as it only bakes correctly at a conventional temperature.
iani
Please may I enquire politely as a single man. If I make Eves pudding, is it OK to put it in the freezer to eat at a later date?
Camilla
I would probably make individual portion in ramekins like one of my other readers enquired about if you look down the comments. I’ve never frozen this pudding and reheated it, it’s possible but I think it would lose quality in the process. So I’d be inclined to half the recipe and eat it over a couple of days.
Shelagh
If doing this in small ramekins, how much should the time be reduced by?
Camilla
Hi Shelagh, I’ve not made this in individual ramekins but would bake for 15 – 20 minutes and then test if the sponge is cooked by seeing if it springs back to the touch and is golden. If not bake a little longer.
Jenna
Hi, can you make this recipe in advance?
Thanks
Camilla
Hi Jenna, you could make the stewed apples in advance and then add the sponge topping and bake. But you need to bake as soon as the cake batter is added.
Jenna
Thank you Camilla!
Clare
How much vanilla essence should I use instead of paste pls
Camilla
Hi Claire, if it’s vanilla extract I’d use 1/2 tsp but if it’s essence I’d use 1 tsp.
Tanya
This was an easy recipe to follow and absolutely delicious. It’s perfect for Fall or any day you want a comforting dessert to complete your meal. I highly recommend you enjoy it with vanilla ice cream.
Camilla
Thank you Tanya, so happy you love this pudding as much as I do:-)
jenny walters
This pudding sounds just incredible and completely up my street. I love to make an apple cake that I serve as a pudding sometimes and I can’t fill my face fast enough. So this recipe is definitely going to be on my Sunday Lunch list and soon. I love my apple cake but it doesn’t feel like a pudding when I’m making it! I’m not sure why that matters but it sometimes does. Pinned!
Camilla
Fabulous Jenny, I love apple cake too but I wouldn’t serve it with custard for dessert, this has to be my favourite pudding of all time I think:-)
Leila Benhamida
Simple and delicious indeed. I love apples.
Camilla
Thanks Leila, we love it:-)
Cathy
I’ve just followed this recipe still in over at the moment but I’ve never made a sponge with less eggs I am so curious to see how it will turn out, I’ll keep you all posted
Camilla
Very jealous, I keep meaning to make this again as have a fridge full of Bramleys which were given to me-)
Christine Phillips
My husband made this for me last night. It was so lovely that he I had to make another tonight.
Brilliant recipe.
Camilla
Thank you Christine, it is so good isn’t it. Think I’ll have to make one this weekend as have lots of Bramleys in the fridge:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
An old English pudding that is still very enjoyable
Richard Eldred Hawes
An ‘Old School’ dessert, but one that I still enjoy
Camilla
Same here, don’t make it often enough!
Margaret
Gosh its years since i made tis beauty
One for the neices to help with when they come around
Camilla
Great Margaret, hope you all have fun making it:-)
bexjones76
This sounds sooooo nice !! I haven’t had Eve’s Pudding for years .. think I will have to make myself some xx
Camilla
It’s so good:-)
A S,Edinburgh
I love apple desserts, but I haven’t had Eve’s Pudding in a long time either. Yours looks beautiful!
Camilla
Thank you, it is so good:-)
Amy Fidler
Love Eve’s pudding xx i’ll give your recipe a go x
Camilla
It is so good:-)
Ashleigh @ 3GirlsMummy
This looks absolutely delicious! I may have to have a try at making it in prep for Christmas!
Camilla
Great Ashleigh:-)
Lorna Craig
Made it last night,fabulous! Hubby had his with custard, I just had mine as it was , just as great as I remembered! Oh please make this again , said he. No problem dear, I can do that any time! Just a wee bit left………………..mine I think, chef’s privileges lol . Thank you 🙂
Camilla
Wonderful Lorna, yes I had sadly neglected this recipe for far too long. It’s at the top of the list now:-)
GeorgeW78
We’ve just been given a large bag of windfall apples so this will be on my list this weekend 🙂
Camilla
Excellent George, we love this pudding:-)
Platter Talk
Here is something that I’ve never had the chance to try! Thanks.
Camilla
Thanks Dan, hope you get to try it:-)
Elizabeth
You know, I have never had Eve’s pudding before! I need to remedy this error! Gosh that looks so good!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth, I’m glad I’ve shone a light on this traditional old pudding as many people don’t seem to know about it:-)
Katie Bryson
These kind of recipes take me straight back to my childhood when my mum and my gran would regularly dish up puddings like this. So soothing and comforting on a chilly day… I must make this for my family as my eldest son would go crazy for it. His nickname is the pudding king as he loves nothing more than sponge & custard based hot desserts! Funnily enough it was what I craved when I was pregnant with him too 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Katie, yes it’s funny the things we crave and go off when pregnant and how these tastes get passed on! Think I’m going to be making another Eve’s Pudding very soon as everyone here loved it:-)
Heather Haigh
What a conincidence, I made one of these a few days ago for the first time in years. I love your addition of vanilla bean paste.
Camilla
Fab Heather, it’s the right time of year for it:-)
Laura Tovey
OMG I bet this tastes awesome!!! Please send some my way!!!
Camilla
Thanks Laura, it’s so good:-)
Monika Dabrowski
This is a lovely recipe with fabulous flavours, apple and vanilla and custard are just so tasty together. I wonder if they still serve it in the school cafeterias, my children never mentioned this dessert.
Camilla
Thanks Monika, when I said it was my old school recipe I meant the one I learned to make in Home-Economics. I wish it had been on the school dinner menu!
Lorna Craig
I made this at school but haven’t made it in years. Have to do without custard etc though as I have Crohns but small price to pay! Apples on shopping list now 🙂
Camilla
Great Lorna, glad to have reminded you of this pudding!
munchies & munchkins
Oh now I need pudding! This looks so good Camilla x
Camilla
Thank you Becky, I’m in full comfort food mode:-)
DANIELLE VEDMORE
That looks lovely – have never tried Eves pudding. Would make a lovely change from Apple pie lol
Camilla
Thank you! Oh Danielle you’ll love it:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
Winter is coming and this is comfort food at its best
Camilla
Thanks Richard, it really is:-)
Janice
Oh excellent! I have just got a big pile of apples from a colleague at work, was wondering what to make so now it will be Eve’s Pudding 🙂
Camilla
Great Janice, enjoy:-)
Lucy
I’d like a bowl with custard please! Perfect for this time of year
Camilla
Thanks Lucy, yes custard all the way (except for my son who doesn’t like custard)!
anne wallwin
It looks amazing!
Camilla
Thank you Anne:-)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
I don’t think I’ve ever had Eve’s pudding! It looks like a brilliant winter warmer though – just the thing for a good spoonful of custard 🙂
Camilla
Oh Becca, you have missed out then and really need to try it-)
Chris Thinly Spread
This is just autumn in a bowl really isn’t it?! Delicious!
Camilla
Totally Chris:-)
Choclette
I love Eve’s pudding, but haven’t made one for a few years – not sure why not. I’m with Dom, it’s cream for me please 🙂
Camilla
Same here Choclette, used to make it more when I lived at home and must have remembered the rest of the recipe! OK cream sounds lush too, maybe lets go the whole hog and have clotted:-)
glenn hutton
Looks so warming… and delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Glenn, it really is:-)
Kavey
This looks so good, I’ve never made one but we have a huge bag of apples from our tree so I’m passing it on to Pete!
Camilla
Thanks! Fabulous Kavey, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
William Gould
I too have not had this for years! Used to love it – It’s a great alternative to pies and crumbles!
Camilla
It really is William, kicking myself for not having made a pudding I love in so long!
Dom
this, I think has to be one of my favourite puddings (no custard for me though, needs to be cream) Yours is so beautiful and such a glorious colour!
Camilla
Thank you Dom, one of my favourites too so makes no sense that I’ve left it so long to make. Will be on my regular make list now:-)
Paul Wilson
Used to love this sort of thing at school – with lashings of custard.
Camilla
Wish my school had served this but I did learn to make it at school:-)