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Illustrative photo: Jon Mountjoy — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Malva pudding

Apricot sponge pudding topped with a very hot, creamy caramel sauce. A signature of Afrikaner cooking, it is served lukewarm, often with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Sauce

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter an ovenproof dish about 20 × 20 cm.
  2. In a mixing bowl, whisk the sugar with the egg, then add the apricot jam and the melted butter.
  3. Fold in the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, alternating with the milk mixed with the vinegar.
  4. Pour the batter into the dish and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  5. While it bakes, make the sauce: heat the butter, brown sugar, liquid cream and vanilla until the sugar melts.
  6. As soon as the pudding comes out of the oven, prick it all over with a fork and pour half of the hot sauce over it.
  7. Let the pudding soak up the sauce for 10 minutes, then serve lukewarm with the rest of the sauce and the sour cream or a scoop of ice cream.

Variations and tips

No added sugar. Replace half the sugar in the batter with unsweetened applesauce.

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Original Ecomely recipe.