Ingredients

• 3 medium size apples
• 2 large banana
• 100 gm - seedless black grapes
• 100 gm - seedless dates
• 2 tbsp - sugar
• 1/2 cup - butter
• 1/2 cup, coarsely powdered - sugar
• 2 egg
• 1 tsp - orange essence
• 1 and a half cup - all-purpose flour (Maida)
• 1 and a half tsp - baking powder
• 3 tbsp - milk
• 2 tbsp - blanched and peeled almonds
• Cream or ice cream to serve

How to Make Fruity sponge pudding

• Peel, core and slice the apples thinly. Peel and slice the bananas. Cut the grapes into halves. Chop the dates.
• Grease an oven proof glass dish.
• Mix all the fruits together and place in the dish. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of water.
• Preheat the oven to 170 C
• Beat butter and sugar till light. Beat the eggs lightly with essence and add little at a time to butter-sugar mixture, beating well all the time.
• Mix flour with baking powder and add to the beaten mixture with milk. Mix gently till smooth.
• Spread carefully over the fruit mixture.
• Bake till the topping is well risen, golden brown and firm in the centre. (about 35- 40 minutes)
• Serve warm with cream or ice cream.