Who does not know (and love) this well-known old pudding? There are many versions and recipes around for it and many more cooks who claim it was first written by them or their aunties or grannies. Well, all we know is that whoever first wrote this recipe, was a dab hand at creating rib-sticking, soul-satisfyingly good sweet treats. Enjoy!
Malva Pudding Recipe
Course: Baking Sweet TreatsCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Moderate8
servings30
minutes45
minutesWho does not know (and love) this well-known old pudding? There are many versions and recipes around for it and many more cooks who claim it was first written by them or their aunties or grannies. Well, all we know is that whoever first wrote this recipe, was a dab hand at creating rib-sticking, soul-satisfyingly good sweet treats. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Pudding
250 ml castor sugar
30 ml very soft butter
15 ml apricot jam
1 large egg
250 ml cake flour
5 ml baking powder
generous pinch of salt
250 ml milk
15 ml brown vinegar
5 ml bicarbonate of soda
- Sauce
125 ml butter
180 ml sugar
325 ml thick cream
125 ml water
15 ml vanilla essence
Directions
- For the pudding, in a large bowl, thoroughly whisk together the sugar, butter, jam and egg.
- In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Now whisk a third of the milk into the sugar mixture followed by a third of the dry ingredients. Whisk well then add another third of the milk followed by another third of the dry ingredients. Whisk well then add the last of the milk, followed by the last of the dry ingredients. Whisk well to ensure there are no lumps.
- Finally, mix the vinegar and bicarbonate together and stir into the mixture then transfer it to an ovenproof serving dish of about 2 litre-capacity
- Bake in the oven preheated to 190°C for 45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre of the pudding comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Place all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat.
- Remove the pudding from the oven and then slowly pour the hot sauce over it. It may look like the sauce is way too much, but if you pour it over slowly and in small amounts and then set it aside, it will soon be magically absorbed.
- Serve the pudding warm with ice-cream or cream or even some homemade caramel sauce if you feel like some OTT abundance.
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