MALVA PUDDING

Recipe: Elmarie Dreyer

Yield: 6 Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

Pudding:

· 250g golden brown sugar · 1 egg · 15ml apricot jam · 250g plain flour · 5gbicarbonate of soda · 20g butter · 5ml vinegar · 1 cup milk

Sauce:

· 250ml cream · 200ml white sugar · 125g butter · 125ml boiling water · 5ml vanilla essence

" Malva pudding is a

traditional South

African sweet baked dessert . It ’ s a favourite of my family in winter and was also one of the favourite desserts of the

Method:

1 . Beat egg and golden brown sugar until thick and light. 2. Stir in the apricot jam. 3. Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda together. 4. Melt butter and add vinegar. Mix with milk. 5. Add sifted dry ingredients to egg mixture alternating with milk/butter mixture. 6. Pour batter into a non-stick baking pan or well buttered oven proof dish. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 45 mins to 1 hour. 7. Combine sauce ingredients and heat to boiling point. Pour over pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven. (I remove the pudding from the oven 30 mins into the cook, pour over the hot sauce and put it back in the oven for the remaining time.) 8. Serve hot with vanilla custard or vanilla ice cream.