This was B’s Birthday Cake (well technically it is a tart) and always looking for good apple based recipes I thought that I would try out this number.

It was absolutely worth it, despite thinking that next time I would perhaps bake the pie a little longer it was perfectly delicous and much less difficult than you would think!

Who doesnt love chocolate? Me, I A-D-O-R-E it. I love this recipe for its simplicity and above all the day-before preparation. When I have guests over, I prefer to have as much as I can prepared the day before.

When I was little, my favourite desert was chocolate mousse, so for me this is always as much about nostalgia as blowing my taste buds.

The first question that you Aussies are going to have is “what the hell is pudding?” and no it is nothing like OUR pudding. It is kinda like a thickened flavoured custard I guess, so in place of pudding I guess you could see if it was possible to set a custard. This was a delicious, if a little time consuming, pie. It took the ordinary strawbery flan and changed it around combining a flan with a cake.

Definitely worth a try especially if you have some time up your sleeve.