Malva pudding
MALVA PUDDING MALVA PUDDING
Cape Malay Cooking with Fatima Sydow
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 cups of cake flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda/ bicarbonate of soda
- 2-3 tbsp of apricot jam
- 2 tbsp of vinegar
- 2 cups of milk
- 3 tbsp of butter
For the sauce:
- 1 cup of milk
- 2 tbsp of sugar
- 2 tbsp of butter
- 1 tbsp of vanilla essence
Method
First step, pour the milk and vinegar into a small jug and let it sit one side.
In a bowl whisk your egg, sugar, butter and jam for about 2 minutes.
Next add your sifted dry ingredients and your milk mixture and stir until well combined.
Pour in a square greased pan, bake for 35-40 minutes at 180°C or when inserting skewer it comes out clean, also the cake will be a brown colour.
While the cake is baking put all your sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to the simmer and stir till hot – keep warm one side.
When your cake is done take out of oven and immediately pour over all the sauce.
Tip: In place of making your own sauce, heat a cup of evaporated milk with a teaspoon of vanilla essence until warm and pour over the malva cake immediately after taking out of the oven.