Apple and Cinnamon Bars – Soft Cake bottom, creamy Custard filling and Caramelized Apple topping baked all at once makes a delicious Fall dessert

A good Custard is always welcome ! Especially when baked and teamed up with Cinnamon Apple, you have a delicious quick, anytime sweet treat or dessert. These Apple and Cinnamon Custard Bars are one of our favorite week night desserts.

I left the Apple skin on and liked it that way, but my hubby and son reckoned it would have been better without. I suppose that is a personal choice.

You can slice these into rectangular bars or squares and they hold shape perfectly, so it is ideal as a party snack which is easy to add to a finger-dessert platter.

The size you slice them into are also to your own preference, but I have found if I serve these to my family for dessert, 9 squares are just fine.

Should you prefer to add the Custard Bars to a sweet party platter, I’d recommend slicing them into smaller bite-sized bars, which would give you around 15 servings.

I have set the Servings in the recipe to 12 portions as that is easy to slice especially if the Apple skin is not peeled.

The base consists of a Custard flavored cake with a thin Custard filling and topped with sliced Apple, sprinkled with Sugar and Cinnamon, which comes together nicely once baked.

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More Apple recipes you might like:

• Apple Carrot Caramel Cheesecake
• Apple Pie Jars
• Fall Chicken and Apple Salad

Apple and Cinnamon Custard Bars

Apple and Cinnamon Custard Bars

Linda Nortje

Apple and Cinnamon Bars - Soft Cake bottom, creamy Custard filling and Caramelized Apple topping baked all at once makes a delicious Fall dessert

5 from 7 votes

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

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Servings 12 Servings

Calories 200.3 kcal

Ingredients

  

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BASE:

• ½ cup Butter softened
• ¼ cup Caster Sugar
• 1 Egg
• ⅔ cup Self-Raising Flour
• Pinch Salt
• 2 TB Custard Powder

CUSTARD:

• 1 TB Custard Powder
• 2 TB Caster Sugar
• ½ cup Milk
• 2 t Butter
• 1 t Vanilla Essence

TOPPING:

• 1 Large Red Apple cored,peeled or not, thinly sliced
• 3 TB Butter melted
• 1 TB Caster Sugar
• ½ t Ground Cinnamon

Instructions

 

• ) Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F) – line a 20 x 20 cm ( 8 x 8 inch ) oven dish with baking paper (edges hanging over the dish)
• ) Beat the Butter and Sugar for the cake until creamy and fluffy – add the egg and beat again
• ) Sift together the Flour, Salt and Custard Powder – stir this into the Butter mixture – spread the batter on the bottom of the prepared oven dish – set aside
• ) Custard: Combine the Custard Powder and Caster Sugar in a small saucepan – add the Milk, stirring continuously over low heat until mixture boils and start to thicken – remove from heat – stir in the Butter and Vanilla – pour over the batter in the oven dish
• ) Arrange the sliced Apple on top of the custard – brush with melted Butter – sprinkle over the Caster Sugar and the Cinnamon – bake 35 minutes 
• ) Remove from the oven and let cool in the oven dish before slicing
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Notes

• Caster Sugar = Superfine Sugar NOT powdered sugar

Nutrition Facts

Apple and Cinnamon Custard Bars

Amount per Serving

Calories

200.3

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

12.7

g

20

%

Saturated Fat

 

7.3

g

46

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

3.9

g

Cholesterol

 

46.7

mg

16

%

Sodium

 

60.7

mg

3

%

Carbohydrates

 

15.6

g

5

%

Fiber

 

0.4

g

2

%

Sugar

 

1.9

g

2

%

Protein

 

1.7

g

3

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.

Serve warm or at room temperature and enjoy !

LINDA