Create a simple DOM and having it serialize to:

 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <root>
     <element>
         Some text here
     </element>
 </root>

require('XML::Simple');
print %S'XML::Simple'.XMLout(
    :(root => :( element => 'Some text here' )),
    NoAttr => 1, RootName => '',
);