Make Traditional Malva Pudding

Malva pudding is a sweet South African pudding. My grandmother use to make the pudding for us on Sunday's. The pudding contains apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture. A cream sauce is poured over it while it is hot, and it is usually served hot with custard and/or ice-cream.

Malva Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

250ml sugar

15ml butter

1 egg

12.5ml apricot jam

15ml vinegar

5ml bicarbonate of soda

250ml milk

250ml cake flour

Pinch of salt

Method

Preheat oven to 180 ° C. Grease ovenproof container. Cream the sugar and butter together. Add the egg, apricot jam and vinegar and beat well. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the milk and add to the egg mixture. Add the flour and salt to the mixture and mix well. Pour the batter in the ovenproof container and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.

Sauce Ingredients:

250ml cream

250ml sugar

125ml butter

125ml boiling water

5ml vanilla essence

Method

Boil cream, sugar, butter, and water together, until the sugar is melted. Add vanilla essence to the sauce,  pour sauce over hot pudding and allow to cool. Serve with Ice cream or custard