Post the recipe here then we can all make it.
No sooner said than done,
keygrip.
This is Malva Pudding, a traditional South African (Cape Town) dessert.
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 egg (big one)
3 tablespoons apricot jam
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 generous pinch salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 cup milk
Sauce
1 cup cream (whipping cream)
6 tablespoons butter (about 125g)
1 cup sugar
125 mls hot water
Beat the egg, sugar and jam together.
Sift the flour, bicarb and salt into another bowl.
Melt butter (microwaving is fine) and add vinegar.
Add the milk and flour alternately to the egg mixture, mixing well.
Add the butter/vinegar mixture and mix well.
Pour into 20cm ovenproof dish (needs to be deep to accommodate sauce) cover with foil and bake at 180C for 45 - 60 mins.
It's cooked when it has a rich, brown colour and a skewer comes out clean.
When cake is nearly ready, mix and melt all sauce ingrediants in a saucepan but don't boil. Remove cake from oven, poke all over with a skewer and pour the sauce all over. There will appear to be far too much sauce at first but it will be absorbed.
If you need to re-heat the pudding, pour very small splashes of boiling water over it first to freshen it before microwaving.
Serve with custard, cream, ice cream ... or all of them!!! :-)
I'll get in touch with him and let him know what's happened. Perhaps it's a typing error on his part, as you say,
Gertrude. Thanks for that!