Steamed Pudding with Golden Syrup

Ingredients

• •1 egg
• •3 tablespoons fine granulated white sugar
• •1 cup self raising flour
• •3 tablespoons golden syrup
• •90 grams butter
• •1/3 cup milk
• •1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. 1Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg. Fold in the flour alternately with milk and vanilla.
2. 2Put the golden syrup in the bottom of a 4 cup pudding basin or ordinary ceramic basin. Spoon the pudding mixture on to the top of the golden syrup. Cover with a lid or pudding cap, or use greaseproof paper or aluminum foil fastened with string or a rubber band.
3. 3Put the bowl in a large saucepan with about 10 centimeters of water. The water should come halfway up the side of the pudding bowl. Simmer gently for about 1½ hours. Remove the water, let it rest for 5 minutes and then turn it out onto a dish. Serve with cream or ice cream or, more traditionally, custard.
4. 4Note: This recipe was a standard family dessert in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s.