Ingredients:

3 large cooking apples

Sugar to sweeten

110g/4oz butter

110g/4oz sugar

1 egg, beaten

110g/4oz flour

Sliced almonds to sprinkle

Method:

1. Stew apples very lightly, sweeten to taste.

2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C.

3. Melt the butter and sugar together in a saucepan and allow to cool.

4. Add the egg, then add the flour and mix.

5. Put the apples into a pyrex dish and pour the cake mixture over the apples.

6. Sprinkle with almond slices and bake for 1 hour.