Happy Heritage Day! Celebrate your roots with a South African classic – malva pudding! The sweetest way to round off your Heritage Day braai.
Malva pudding
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tbsp apricot jam
- 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 eggs
- Butter Sauce
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 tin ideal milk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C and butter an oven-proof dish.
Add the eggs and the sugar to a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat at medium-high speed until the mixture is pale and airy.
Add the apricot jam, vanilla, salt, and vinegar to the egg and sugar mixture and beat well.
Sift the flour and slowly add this to the egg mixture with the mixer running at low speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure that there are no lumps.
Mix the milk and the bicarbonate of soda together in a jug. Slowly pour this into the batter with the mixer running. Mix until the batter is smooth and lump-free.
Pour the batter into a prepared dish and bake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the pudding comes out clean, and the pudding is golden brown.
To make the sauce, combine the water, sugar, ideal milk, and butter in a pan set over medium heat. Allow the sugar to melt and pour this slowly over the pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven. Enjoy
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