Malva Pudding ~ This recipe comes from a South African cookery book, “A Table at the Cape” by Helmine Myburgh and is soo Delish !!

Malva Pudding ~ This recipe comes from a South African cookery book, called “A Table at the Cape” by Helmine Myburgh and is soo Delish !!

Delicious and well-loved countrywide! This is a traditional South African pudding, that may be served hot with vanilla ice-cream, custard sauce or brandy flavored cream. The recipe may also be doubled.

Serves 4    Serving Size 273 g  each. Calories per serving: 854   Calories in the whole recipe: 3,418    Weight of the whole recipe: 1091 g

Notes if you want to lower calories:

Your cake batter: You may take the sugar down to ½ cup (125 ml) or (118.875 g) to reduce sweetness and calories, but remember in cake formulas flour equals the weight of sugar. Do not drop sugar by more than 10 – 20% the weight of flour

Jam: You might need a little more if the manufacturer has watered it down.

Adding sugar and butter to the sauce Add to taste. If you wish, you may add less sugar or up to 250 ml if the dough has not been made too sweet. – You may reduce the butter in sauce down to 115 g or even right down to 30 g if you wish. So just add to taste.

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Ingredients:

20ml butter

250 ml (237.75 grams) castor sugar

2 large eggs (size, number 3)

12.5 ml apricot jam

5 ml bicarbonate of soda (Baking soda)

125ml milk

5ml white vinegar

250 ml (125 g) cake flour

Pinch salt

Sauce:

250 ml cream

180 ml of sugar
125 g butter

125 ml milk (Milk may be replaced with brandy, water or orange juice)

5 ml vanilla essence

60 ml (38 g) custard powder to thicken is optional (Must be a thin pouring custard sauce)

Method:

Cream butter and sugar.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Add the apricot jam.

Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the milk and add the vinegar.

Add the sifted flour and salt to the butter and sugar mixture,

Alternating with the milk.

Pour the batter into a well-buttered oven dish and bake 180 C for 45 minutes.

Prepare the custard by stirring a little milk in, to form a thick paste.

Slowly add the rest of the milk and put on low heat while

continuously stirring all the time until cooked and bubbling.

If lumps form, use an electric beater or stick blender to beat it out

until smooth.

Add the rest of your ingredients, and just warm it up until hot but do not allow it to boil.

As soon as the pudding comes out of the oven, prick pudding all over with a cake tester, or tins of a fork and immediately pour the hot custard sauce over, so that it can soak through.

Serve and Enjoy!