• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact me
  • Privacy Policy
Family-Friends-Food
  • All Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Soups & Starters
    • Main Dishes
      • Vegan
      • Vegetarian
      • Fish
    • Side dishes & Salads
    • Baking & Desserts
  • Holiday Recipes
    • Chanukah
    • Purim
    • Pesach
    • Lag Ba’Omer
    • Shavuot
    • Rosh Hashanah
    • Succot
  • Get Updates
  • Shop
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • BREAKFAST
  • SOUPS & STARTERS
  • MAIN DISHES
  • – VEGAN
  • – VEGETARIAN
  • – FISH
  • SIDES & SALADS
  • BAKING & DESSERTS
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • ABOUT
  • GET MY BOOK
  • CONTACT
  • PRIVACY POLICY
×

Home » Baking and Desserts » Quince & apple sponge-crumble (aka quapple spomble!)

Quince & apple sponge-crumble (aka quapple spomble!)

This page may contain affiliate links, which won't change your price, but may share some commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy page.

Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe

Quince & apple compote is topped with a light sponge and a layer of spiced crumble to create an irresistible dessert. Delicious served hot, warm or cold.

My daughter Kipper is a bit obsessed with quinces. I think there was one in an alphabet book once – let’s face it, there’s not a great deal of choice when it comes to ‘Q’ words. We even watched this video on YouTube to learn all about quinces and medlars. That probably helped with her enthusiasm. In any case, she’s been keen to eat one for a while now.

Market fruits

So when I saw a box of them on the market alongside some lovely looking Bramley apples, I gave in and bought one. What kind of Mum would I be if I didn’t indulge my daughter’s desire for unusual fruits once in a while?

Fruity puddings

My original plan was simply to cook the quince and apples together, then make the resulting compote into a crumble. Easy and delicious. But DH isn’t a big crumble eater. He moans that crumble is what you make when you can’t be bothered to make pie. I thought again. We all enjoy fruit sponge, sometimes called Eve’s Pudding, which is basically apple (and in this case quince) topped with a layer of lovely sponge. 

quince & apple sponge crumble.

Crunchy crumble

For some reason, I couldn’t shake the idea of a lovely crunchy crumble topping. In the end, I combined both sponge and crumble and made a…. spomble? Crunge? Crongle? Who knows?!

This quince and apple pudding was fab though, and even DH agreed that the layer of crumble added something to the sponge. Kipper was predictably keen to get her teeth into the quince, and scoffed a generous portion. I even tried it out on an unsuspecting friend who said it was “fabulous”. 

quince & apple sponge crumble.

I don’t know if quinces will be a regular feature, but I think the spungle (?) is here to stay. 

Hot or cold?

We ate this warm from the oven and it was lovely. The next day, we attacked the leftovers. DH microwaved his, but I couldn’t wait and tucked into it cold. I can now safely say that it’s good at any temperature.

Quapple spomble. Serves 4. 

Quince & apple compote is topped with a light sponge and a layer of spiced crumble to create an irresistible dessert. Delicious served hot, warm or cold.

Quince and apple sponge crumble (spomble!) - Quince & apple compote is topped with a light sponge and a layer of spiced crumble to create an irresistible dessert. Delicious served hot, warm or cold.

Want deliciously easy, family-friendly recipes like this one delivered straight to your inbox? Click here to sign up. (Of course, I’ll never pass on your email address to anyone.)

quince & apple sponge crumble.

Quince and apple sponge crumble

Prevent your screen from going dark
No ratings yet
Print Recipe Pin Recipe Save Saved!
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
Course Dessert
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium bramley apples approx. 350-400g each
  • 1 medium quince

For the sponge

  • 75 g margarine (⅓ cup)
  • 55 g caster sugar (¼ cup)
  • 1 egg
  • 55 g self-raising flour (½ cup)
  • Few tablespoons milk

For the crumble

  • 25 g plain flour (2 tbsp)
  • 10 g rolled oats (2 tbsp)
  • 25 g caster sugar (2 tbsp)
  • 25 g margarine (2 tbsp)
  • ½ teaspoon mixed spice

Instructions
 

  • Peel the apples and the quince and cut into small chunks. Place in a non-metallic bowl, cover and microwave for around 5-6 minutes, stirring halfway, until cooked.
  • Spoon the cooked fruit into a shallow ceramic dish and set aside. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • To make the sponge, cream the margarine and sugar till light and fluffy. Mix in the egg, then gently fold in the flour. Add just enough milk to give a dropping consistency.
  • Spoon the sponge mixture over the apple and quince.
  • To make the crumble, mix the flour, oats, sugar, margarine and spice to give a soft, crumbly mixture. Scatter over the sponge.
  • Bake the apple & quince pudding at 180C for around 45 minutes until cooked and golden. Serve hot, warm or cold.

Notes

Per serving: 418 calories, 22g fat, 4g protein, 53g carbs
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

You might also enjoy this plum and almond crumble cake, this lokshen pudding with apple, or these delicious ‘cherry’ slices – no cherries required!

quince & apple sponge crumble

 I’m entering this very autumnal dessert into  Simple and in Season, hosted this month by Feeding Boys, and organised by Ren at renbehan.com.

« Creamy smoked salmon & kale pasta
Vegetable quesadillas with feta – holiday-inspired! »
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email
click to subscribe

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Katie Bryson (@cookingkt)

    November 25, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    Lovely fruity comforting pudding you have there – the perfect entry for Simple and in Season! I love quinces – I think they look prehistoric somehow. I made some lovely quince jelly last year which was divine.

    Reply
    • FFF

      November 25, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      I’ve never thought of quinces as prehistoric, although they do seem to belong to another era. Jolly delicious though!

      Reply
  2. lucyparissi

    November 11, 2014 at 9:21 am

    I like the sound of this almost as much as I like making up new words. Viva Le Spomble! Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Find Recipes

Thanks for your support!

Featured Posts

Overstuffed bagel toast

Overstuffed bagel toast – this is so much more than a toastie!

A plate of golden brown crispy noodle latkes, with a blue cloth to the left and a metal server behind.

Noodle latkes – a Romanian Chanukah tradition

Overhead image of a metal bowl of arbes - chickpeas with salt and ground black pepper. Spoon to right, and blue and white cloth to left.

Arbes – simple but delicious Ashkenazi chickpeas

Foodies100 Index of UK Food Blogs   Copyright © 2023 Family-Friends-Food · Log in