Review of last recipe (photo above) - With all that seafood, how could it not be delicious!  Serving it with grilled Tuscan bread on which I am going to smear garlic!!

TODAY'S RECIPE - APPLE CUSTARD TORTE
A delectable cake, with a sweet, biscuit-like bottom layer and custardy fruit topping.

Serves 8

1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and slightly cooled
2 tsp baking powder
4 eggs, lightly beaten
3 medium-sized tart apples (about 1 lb.), pared, cored and sliced
      3/4" thick
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9" springform pan.

Beat flour, 1 cup of the sugar, 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, baking powder and 2 of the eggs in a bowl to make a smooth dough.  Refrigerate until chilled.

Press dough evenly over bottom and 2" up side of prepared pan.  Flour fingers lightly if the dough is sticky.

Stand apple slices in the surface of the dough, rounded sides up.   Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Place pan on baking sheet and bake for 50 minutes, or until dough is lightly golden.  Leave oven on.

Stir together 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of the butter (1 stick), and 1/2 cup sugar.  Carefully pour over the torte.  Do not allow egg mixture to run over sides of dough.

Bake at 350 degrees for an additional 20 minutes or until custard sets.

Cool on rack, then remove sides of pan.  Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.