Cooking for my kids | Malva Pudding | South African living in UK | Expat | Living in London | Recipe

Guys this is my formal apology to Malva…
For years, I thought she was just a basic bitch sponge with an amazing syrup…
BUT I WAS WRONG.

She’s a soft, saucy queen. The chemistry. The richness. The APRICOT JAM. How did I not know 😩😩😩

This week’s dessert defo had the girls licking their bowls and me appreciating the multifaceted make up of this national treasure.

A huge thank you to the lovely @kaycece1 for sharing this easy peasy recipe with me 🫶🏼 and now I’m sharing it with you

Pudding(I halved the recipe and it was still a generous portion)
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp apricot jam
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tsp bicarb
• 2 tsp vinegar
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 cups milk

Method:
1. Beat sugar + eggs until creamy
2. Add jam
3. Add flour, salt & bicarb
4. Melt butter, stir in vinegar, add to mixture
5. Add milk while beating.. I also added 1 tsp of Nomu vanilla extract here too 🥹 because you know you can’t have enough 😂
6. Bake at 180°C for 1 hour . My friend also suggested covering loosely with foil for the first 30min of cooking and then open up the foil.. to avoid it cooking too quickly and getting dry.

Sauce (aka magic sous):
• 1½ cups cream
• 1½ cups brown sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 250g butter
• 2 tsp Nomu vanilla extract (only the best from @mahdina_uk )

Melt it all on the stove on medium heat.. then pour over the pudding while it’s hot and full of holes (like a good emotional support dessert should be).

Kayce suggested that I use half the sauce at first, and serve the rest on the side..because yes, it gets super sweet.

You can serve warm with a side of custard and/or ice cream .. we went for and 😂

Let me know if you try it—and if your Malva redemption arc starts here too 😆 I won’t lie I am feeling very accomplished since starting this series 😂