The advantage of this cake is that it is very quick and easy to prepare and is really fail proof! The total preparation time is under two hours.
Ingredients:
For the base:
* 2 cups flour
* 7 oz (200 gr) of butter or margarine
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 pinch of salt
* 1/4 cup of flour
Filling:
* Ready made custard or vanilla pudding or a box of vanilla pudding powder made with double cream and milk (according to the instructions on the box).
* Fruit (whatever is in season or available).
* Glaze (if you do not have glaze you can use apricot jelly (jam).
Equipment:
* Baking sheet (optional).
* Pie dish or quiche dish (preferably with a removable bottom).
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 c).
2. Mix the sugar, butter and 2 cups of flour in a food processor.
3. Add a pinch of salt.
4. Add the egg.
5. As soon as the mixture forms a ball turn the food processor off.
6. If it doesn’t form a ball and the mixture looks too soft then add more flour. As a rule, the softer the butter/margarine is the more flour you need.
7. Roll the dough out on a baking sheet.
8. Grease the pie dish
9. Put your hand under the baking sheet and turn the dough upside down into the pie dish.
10. Gently peel the baking paper away.
11. Fill in any holes that have formed with the extra dough or dough from the sides.
12. Push the dough upwards to fill all of the sides. Make sure that you don’t have any thin areas.
13. Use a rolling pin to roll along the top and form a nice edge.
14. Put the base in the oven and bake until it is lightly browned. (No need to fork it or fill it with beans or anything like that….).
15. When it is ready and has been cooled fill with the pudding.
16. In the meantime, prepare the filling. Use either ready made pudding, custard powder or instant pudding.
Cut up the fruit. Fruit should be cut into thin slices. Berries will obviously be added as is.
Lay the fruit around the tart. The more time you have the closer you can lay them.
Either use glaze according to the instructions on the box or heat apricot jelly (jam) in the microwave for a few seconds until it melts. Let it cool slightly and then brush it onto the pie/tart.
Tip/Variations:
The pie should be made as close to serving as possible.
If you are in a rush and need to finish within an hour then feel free to use a ready made pie dish.
For those of you on Weight Watchers there are approximately 62 points in the base. The filling and fruit depend on the ingredients that you use. If you use a low fat and low cal filling you get a delicious piece of fruit pie for only 6 points!
These brownies are really good and so easy to make.