Dessert Recipes - Apple Cream Cheese Bake Recipe

Ingredients

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 900 g/2 lb sharp eating (dessert) apples, chopped

• 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup medium-sweet cider

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup granulated sugar

• 150 ml/2/3 cup double (heavy) cream

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup cream cheese

• 2 eggs

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup icing (confectioners) sugar, plus extra for dusting

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

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Method:

1. Liberally grease a shallow ovenproof dish with the butter. Put the chopped apples in the prepared dish.

2. Put the cider in a pan with the granulated sugar and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the syrup over the apples.

3. Cover and bake in a preheated oven at 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 for 15 minutes.

4. Beat together the cream, cream cheese, eggs and icing sugar with the vanilla essence. Pour over the apples and return to the oven for 20 minutes until set.

5. Sift a little icing sugar over the surface and serve hot.