Ingredients

• 1 lb cooking apple
• 2 ounces brown sugar
• 1/2-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup cranberries (when you use dried cranberries add 2 tablespoons apple or orange juice)
• 4 ounces soft butter or 4 ounces margarine
• 4 ounces sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 4 ounces ground almonds

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Peel, quarter, core and slice the apples.

3. Put them in a saucepan with the brown sugar, cinnamon and cranberries bring to the boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.

4. Pour this mixture into a greased ovenproof dish, 3 inch deep, 9 inch diameter, (the dish needs to be deep to avoid fruit bubbling out during baking).

5. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

6. Add the beaten eggs a little at the time and incorporating them well before adding more egg.

7. Fold in the ground almonds.

8. Spoon this almond cake mix on top of the apple-cranberry mixture in the dish and even it out a little bit.

9. Put the dish in the oven and bake for 45 to 55 minutes.