• Malva pudding with Amarula syrup

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 40 mins

    Ingredients

    • 50g butter
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) smooth apricot jam
    • 45ml (3 tbsp) white vinegar
    • 225g sugar
    • 250g cake flour
    • 500ml (2 cups) milk
    • 2 eggs
    • 10ml (2 tsp) baking soda mixed with 15ml (1 tbsp) water
    • Amarula syrup
    • 225g sugar
    • 30g (3 tbsp) salted butter
    • 125ml (½ cup) water
    • 75ml Amarula
    • warm custard, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a medium ovenproof dish.

    2

    Combine the butter, jam, vinegar and sugar in a saucepan, and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.

    3

    Add the flour and milk, alternating, to the sugar mixture. Beat in the eggs one at a time and stir in the baking soda.

    4

    Pour the batter into the prepared dish, place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

    5

    To prepare the syrup, combine all of the ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer until it has reduced slightly.

    6

    When the pudding is cooked, remove from the oven and pour the syrup over.

    7

    Allow the pudding to sit for 10 minutes before serving with warm custard.