This recipe was an old favourite growing up.

Ingredients

• 2 cups hot stewed fruit, sweetened to taste (I used rhubarb in the photo)
• 125g butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
• ½cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ½cup chopped walnuts, optional

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add vanilla and beat in eggs, one at a time.
3. Add walnuts (optional)
4. Sift flour and baking powder, and fold into creamed mixture.
5. Add milk and mix to combine.
6. Spoon over hot stewed fruit.
7. Bake for 40 minutes in a pre-heated 190°C oven, or until sponge springs back when lightly touched.

Serve hot with cream.

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This recipe works well in individual 1-cup ramekins, but can be made in a single dish, just needing additional cooking time.

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This recipe is one of my grandmother's recipes in my mother's old recipe book.

Ingredients

• 3oz Butter
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1½ cups grated Apple
• 1 cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon Nutmeg
• Pinch of Salt

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar
2. Add egg, apples, flour, etc.
3. Bake 40 minutes in a moderate oven (180°C).

The recipe notes that this could use bananas instead of apples, providing another way to use up ripe bananas.

The crust of this custard pie forms as it is baking, removing the need for a separate pastry shell.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup Butter
• 4 Eggs
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 2 cups Milk
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
• ½ cup Flour

Method

1. Cut butter into flour in a food processor.
2. Add all other ingredients and blend for 30-40 seconds.
3. Pour into buttered 9 inch pie pan. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
4. Bake for 45 minutes in a 180° preheated oven.

Allow to cool thoroughly before serving.