Malva Pudding

Name: Malva Pudding
Ingredients: For the pudding; 1 tablespoon butter; 125ml sugar; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon apricot jam; 15ml white vinegar; 1 cup cake flour; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; A pinch of salt; For the sauce:; 125g butter; 185ml sugar; 65ml water; 185ml cream; 5ml vanilla essence

South African Malva pudding is an unusual choice to round off a Christmas dinner but this delicious family recipe from a McCarthy Stone house manager Kim goes down a treat.

Recipes

Posted 05 December 2022

Prep: 30 mins Cook: 60 mins

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Serves:

Ingredients

For the pudding

1 tablespoon butter
125ml sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon apricot jam
15ml white vinegar
1 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
A pinch of salt
For the sauce:
125g butter
185ml sugar
65ml water
185ml cream
5ml vanilla essence

Method

To make the pudding
Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and blend well.
Add the jam and vinegar, mix well
Sift the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture
Pour into a deep round dish about 19cm diameter
Cover with tin foil and bake for 1 hour fan oven 180°c
To make the sauce
Boil the butter, sugar and water
Remove from the stove and then add the cream and vanilla.
Pour over the hot baked pudding

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