The Best Malva Pudding | Good Food

Pudding:

250 ml Sugar
2 Eggs
30 ml Apricot Jam
30 ml Butter
5 ml Vinegar
125 ml Milk
310 ml Cake Flour
5 ml Bicarbonate Soda
1 ml Salt

Sauce:

250 ml Sugar
2 Eggs
30 ml Apricot Jam
30 ml Butter
5 ml Vinegar
125 ml Milk
310 ml Cake Flour
5 ml Bicarbonate Soda
1 ml Salt
250 ml Fresh Cream
125 ml Butter
125ml Brown Sugar
125 ml Water
5 ml Vanilla Essence
30ml Golden Syrup (optional)
4 Star Anise (optional)

Method

step 1
Heat the oven to 180°C Beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the apricot jam
step 2
Melt butter in a small pot on medium heat and add the vinegar and milk Sift the flour, bicarb and salt together and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Pour into a deep round dish or an ovenproof casserole dish that takes about 2 litres
step 3
Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes until the top is nicely browned
step 4
Sauce: Bring the butter, cream, sugar and water to the boil and simmer, add star anise, vanilla essence and golden syrup and stirring all the time for 5 minutes. Remove from the stove. Pour over the hot baked pudding.
step 5
Be Creative: Use Amarula Cream for Sauce. For Brandy Pudding: add 100 ml chopped Mixed Nuts (Walnuts), 100 ml Dates (Stone and Chopped) and 50 ml Glazed Cherries to the batter. add 100 ml Brandy to the Sauce.