Cheddar Apple Sponge Pudding

Cheese might seem a strange ingredient for a pudding, but it seems to work so well with sweet apples.

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Ingredients:

110g sugar

110g butter

2 eggs, beaten

140g flour

5ml baking powder

30g grated cheddar cheese

8 walnuts, chopped

½ an apple, peeled, cored and grated

clotted cream or custard to serve.

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180C

Cream the sugar and butter together with an electric beater.

Slowly add the 2 beaten eggs, then fold in the flour and baking powder.

Fold in the grated cheddar, chopped walnuts and apple.

Spoon the mixture into individual fluted tart tins or buttered ramekin dishes and bake for about 15 minutes.

Serve with clotted cream or custard.