Apple Slice With Creamy Topping

mummamills's Note:

I didn't believe the recipe when my friend Lesley gave it to me, but having tasted the slice, and loving it, I tried it and had sucess the first time I made it, eveyone loved it. The family call it my "stolen apple slice" It freezes very well!! UPDATE Jubes used a gluten free cake mix, and reports that it turned out very well. Nice dessert for those people that cant tolerate gluten!

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 15

• 1 (18 ounce) box vanilla cake mix (cheapest available)
• 1 cup coconut
• 125 g melted butter

Other ingredients

• cooked apple
• 1 (400 g) container light sour cream
• cinnamon

Directions:

1. Mix first 3 ingredients together: Press into slice tin, (lined with baking paper) and cook in a moderate oven 20-25 minutes, til very lightly browned.
2. Cool for 10 minutes and then spread cooked apple carefully over base.
3. Pour over about 400gr light sour cream, spread out with the back of a spoon.
4. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake a further 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Hints: You'll need to cook about a kilo of Granny Smiths for this, (or use canned apples, but NOT the ones without sugar.) Peel and slice your apples and cook with 1/2 cup water, and sugar to taste.
6. Drain and cool before use.
7. Be generous with the baking paper, it makes it easier to lift the slice out of the tin.
8. Cut the slice when it is cold.
9. Nice warm too, but cut in the tin.

Reviews

[Chef floWer]

A little lady down the street was selling organic apples that cost not much more then pocket money for a kid in the 80's :). So I used her apples to make this recipe. The vanilla cake mix I used was a Greens brand, (couldn't find a shop brand one). I used shredded coconuts and then kept to the recipe. I brought this slice to a family function and everyone enjoyed it. I think I overcooked the base a little so it was very crispy but not teeth breaking. The sour cream with the apple turned out really well. Thanks Mummamills for a great and easy recipe.

[NurseJaney]

Made for Australia/NZ Swap #22 The last "pie" I made. was as a newly-wed, 1/2 century ago. Since then, Mrs Smith has been my pie chef. I truly enjoyed making and eating this !! DH is not so fond of sour cream (and I had full strength) but I thought it was wonderful! Perhaps my pie dish was smaller, but next time I will make the "crust" thinner -- was like a BIG hard cookie ! Thanks mummamills. Not being certain of a "Moderate" oven, I baked at 350 degrees F.- 27 minutes for the crust, then 17 minutes for the final bake. I also used a 21 ounce can of pie apples. I think the DDs and DGKs will like.

[**Jubes**]

Great recipe mummamills. I made this slice gluten-free by using a gluten-free cake mix (Basco brand). Turned out great. Very similar to a recipe in the "4 Ingredients" cookbbok, only they dont use the cinnaomon on top and use can of pie apples. I also think this slice improves in a day or so