Ok so I wasn’t even going to post this recipe until next week, but y’all seemed VERY KEEN to have it much earlier than that. Immediately, if not sooner.
Was it the golden syrup? That’s what did it for me!
I had a fruit + veggie box delivery that had amongst its goodness one lonely quince and many delicious-looking apples (which, incidentally, now that I’ve written it reminds me of that Ben Folds song One Angry Dwarf and Two Hundred Solemn Faces) They were stewing in my pot before you could say “compote”, and the golden syrup was out because I’d just made Anzac biscuits… and hello.
No solemn faces anywhere to be seen.
What IS to be seen is soft sponge pudding covering a sweet quince/apple/cinnamon combo and DRIZZLED WITH GOLDEN SYRUP.
For my peeps who aren’t Australian, golden syrup is this. Feel free to use treacle/maple syrup. Won’t be quite so nostalgia-inducing (well, treacle may be) but will still be gooooood!
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A delightful dessert on a frosty evening- beautiful quince and apple compote topped with golden syrup sponge pudding. Nothing but delicious!
Ingredients
- 80g butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 1/4 cup golden syrup
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Large quince, peeled, cored, and chopped
- 4–5 Small apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
- 1 knob butter
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon (or cinnamon stick)
Instructions
- In a large pot, place the chopped apples, quince, 1/4 cup water, knob of butter, 1 tablespoon golden syrup and cook over a low heat until the fruit begins to soften. 20 minutes is good, but check it’s not drying out (add more water if so), and that it’s not sticking to the bottom.
- While the compote is cooking, preheat oven to 180.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg, golden syrup, flour, baking powder, and milk. Stir to combine and then beat for a few minutes to make light and fluffy.
- Spoon the cooked compote into the bottom of a square baking dish (or into several smaller ramekins) and then spoon a layer of pudding mixture on top. If you’re using smaller ramekins, you want about 1 inch of pudding mix. If it’s a whole one, use the whole mix.
- Bake 20-25 minutes for individual or 30-35 minutes for whole until sponge is slightly risen in the centre, it feels reasonably firm (you can test with a skewer and see if it comes out clean) and is lightly golden brown on top.
- Eat with whatever complements you desire – but don’t forget that extra drizzle of golden syrup over hot pudding before you add the other goodies!
Keywords: quince pudding, golden syrup pudding, apple pudding, quince and apple pudding, apple and golden syrup pudding
Man, that looks soooooo good. You had me at golden syrup, but then I started thinking about the treacle. Because. Treacle. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a quince but I sure have eaten a lot of syrup puddings. I bet this would be ace with any kind of compote… drool!
well I’m not a fan of compote on its own, but put pudding on top? YOU GOT ME!
Yes, yes and yes! Thank you for putting this up so quickly because I was one of the people that was excitedly asking for it. Yes it was the golden syrup. I think that’s the magic! 😀
You’re welcome! Feel free to eat the syrup by the spoonful if you haven’t already…
I never know what to do with the Quinces we grow (so far only a handful) so I just send them to my Mum’s friend who loves quince jelly… but now I have a recipe! Thank you!
can’t go wrong with golden syrup, haha
Oh my this looks delicious!
it is! I almost had it for breakfast.
golden syrup puddings remind me of winter and my dad. Adding quince and apple? Well that just makes delicious sense!
hahah cook with what you got, eh?! I’m dying to do the steamed puddings of old but they take two hours and I’m impatient…
Anything with golden syrup reminds me of yummy winter desserts. This looks seriously incredible. Love the cloves and cinnamon too… it makes me want to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of this pudding and a cup of tea!
hahah I really want to do that right now!
Oh yes please. I’m always on the look out for quince recipes!
It’s a weird fruit, right?
I have cooking apples to use up. Ripper recipe. Thanks
so good!
This looks absolutely devine! Pinning pinning pinning!
yesssssss
I love this it looks so good!
Thanks!
just saw this on NQN and really love the sound of it – golden syrup always takes me back to being a little child licking the bowl in my mum’s kitchen – yum!
yes, it reminds me of being a kid too! Love a nostalgia-inducing classic 🙂