English apple pie

A quick and impressive dessert or cake that is easy to make, and doesn't use butter a family something that we ate quickly when it was made. 

Mum got the recipe from a pamphlet shared amongst the 'foreign community' living in Germany in 1958. Although it's called English  apple pie, we always knew it as American apple pie and it seems likely that it was written by an American, as the ingredients quantities are in cups. 

Apart from the pleasure of eating it, this recipe is easy to make, and you can substitute a cup for half an average mug, the proportions being equal for, flour, sugar, walnuts, with one large egg and double for chopped apple.

Resist temptation to add spices, the flavour is just great as it is.

Ingredients

1 large egg

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1 cup chopped raw apple

1/2 cup broken walnuts (or other nuts/meats)

Method

prepare a pie/tart tin 20cm/8" grasing and lining it

set the oven to 180/4/350

beat together the sugar and eggs until light and thick

add the flour and baking powder 

add the chopped apple and nuts

once the ingredients are stirred through pour the mixture into the prepared tin

cook for 30minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out cleanly

leave to cool before eating - good warm or cold

Cream, ice cream or yoghurt go well with this cake, if you feel the need.