Quick steamed treacle pudding
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. November 2005
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: November
Ingredients
- butter, for greasing
- 175g plain flour, sifted
- 50g soft dark brown sugar
- 75g vegetable suet
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp golden syrup, plus extra for the basin
- finely grated zest and juice of 1 small orange
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150ml milk
- cream or custard, to serve
Directions
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Grease a 1 litre pudding basin well with butter. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Pour some extra golden syrup into the pudding basin (about 5 tablespoons) and pour the mixture in on top of it.
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Cover the pudding with a pleated sheet of greaseproof paper and tie in place with string. Cook on the medium setting of the microwave (750W) for 12 minutes. Let it stand for 10 minutes before turning out, then serve.