Malva pudding is the quintessential South African comfort food. Smothered in a sticky caramel sauce and served with vanilla ice cream, this dessert is sure to cure what ails you.
Contents
Ingredients
Pudding
- 180g sugar (3/4 cup)
- 2 large eggs
- 15ml apricot jam
- 150 g all-purpose flour
- 5ml bicarbonate of soda
- 3ml salt
- 15 ml butter (melted)
- 5ml vinegar
- 80 ml milk
Sauce
- 200ml fresh cream
- 100g butter
- 120g sugar
- 90ml hot water
- 10ml vanilla essence
Method
- Preheat oven to180 Celsius.
- Grease an oven dish. (18 x 18 x 4 1/2 cm)
- Beat the sugar and eggs. It’s quickest in a food processor, or use electric beaters. Beat until thick and pale yellow, then add the jam and mix through.
- Add the melted butter and vinegar to the wet mixture.
- Sieve, or simply mix together: the flour, bicarb and salt.
- Add this mixture with the milk to the egg mixture in the processor or mixing bowl. Beat well.
- Pour into an oven-proof dish and bake until pudding is brown and well-risen — depending on your oven and oven dish this will be between 30 – 45 minutes.
- In a pot, melt together the ingredients for the sauce, and stir well.
- Pour it over the pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven.
- Leave to stand awhile before serving. Serve warm. Because it’s rich it does not really need enhancement, but if you want, serve with vanilla ice cream.
This recipe was sourced from https://www.food.com/
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