Name: Malva pudding recipe
Ingredients: 375.00 ml plain flour; 187.50 ml milk; 2 tsp baking powder; 125.00 ml brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp baking soda; 60.00 ml apricot jam; 40.00 ml melted butter; 500.00 ml boiling water; 500.00 ml brown sugar; 10ml vanilla essence; 125.00 ml cream or milk

by Lindy Lawler Last updated on 08/04/2022

This warming pud is a firm favourite in South Africa, where it originated. You could almost say this is our version of a caramel pudding. You make a brown sugar and cream sauce and pour it over the soft sponge as soon as it comes out the oven. The sponge soaks it up and you're left with a gooey, caramel pud that will literally bring families together. - Lindy Lawler

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup plain flour
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp apricot jam
2 tbsp melted butter

Sauce

2 cups boiling water
2 cups brown sugar
10ml vanilla essence
1/3 cup cream or milk

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180 C. Sift flour, baking powder and brown sugar into a mixing bowl.
Step 2

Add the eggs, baking soda, jam, butter and milk. Mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are incorporated. Pour into a greased 20cm x 20cm baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes or until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven.
Step 3

Meanwhile, make the sauce by combining wate, sugar, vanilla and cream (or milk) in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer then pour the hot sauce over the pudding a little bit at a time until the pudding has soaked up all the sauce. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.