Poor Man's Pudding/ Malva Pudding - mmm Sort of sticky toffee pudding, but better!

Poor Man’s Pudding/ Malva Pudding – mmm Sort of sticky toffee pudding, but better!

Published on 8 May 2020 | In | By
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Ok, so here comes a bold statement – THIS IS THE BEST BAKED PUDDING IN THE WORLD – YES, the world!  I have grown up with Malva Pudding, or as my mom used to call it, “Arm Man’s Poeding” (basically Afrikaans for poor-man’s pudding).

It’s called poor-man’s pudding because the ingredients are really cheap, but it is such a rich desert that you feel like a king when you eat it!

For me this is just perfect served piping hot with fresh cream, but you can also have it with delicious home-made custard (recipe will follow in the future).

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Ingredients

  • 250g Sugar
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 Tbsp soft Butter
  • 4 Tbsp smooth Apricot Jam
  • 250g Cake Flour
  • 1 tsp Bicarbinate of Soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 250ml full cream Milk
  • 2 tsp Vinegar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla paste (or essense)
  • For the Sauce
  • 250ml Double Cream (whipping cream)
  • 100g unsalted Butter
  • 125g Sugar
  • 60ml Water

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
  2. Beat together the sugar, egg, butter and jam until it is pale and fluffy.
  3. Mix in the milk, vinegar and vanilla
  4. Sift together the flour, salt and bicarb and fold into the mixture, making sure there are no lumps. Be gentle because you want to keep some air in the mixture.
  5. Pour into a buttered square baking tin and cover with lightly oiled tin-foil.
  6. Bake for 45 minutes.
  7. Whilst the pudding is baking make the sauce by combining all the sauce ingredients together in a sauce pan. Bring to a gentle simmer until all the sugar has dissolved. Set aside until pudding is finished.
  8. When the pudding is done, remove from the oven. Reheat the sauce and pour over the hot pudding and serve immediately with cream or custard (or both :)

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