Heavenly Apple Pie

 250ml sugar

50ml butter

3 eggs

250 ml flour

5ml backing powder

2ml salt

125ml milk

1 large tin pie apple

Fresh cream

Optional – raisins, pecan nuts

Syrup:

250ml sugar

250ml cream

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then add eggs beating well after each addition. Sift dry ingredients and add to butter mixture alternately with milk.

Grease pie dish and turn batter, spoon pie apples over batter without braking pieces.

Bake at 180º  25-30 min.

Meanwhile, boil sugar and cream until thick and syrupy. Remove pie from oven and pour the syrup over, return to oven and bake for further 10 min.

Serve hot or cold