Steamed Syrup Sponge Pudding

Steamed Syrup Sponge Pudding

Just the thing for a cold day!

Sometimes all you want is comfort food.

Ingredients

1tbsp Bread crumbs

3tbsp Golden Syrup

110g (4oz) Butter (you can use margarine)

110g (4oz) Caster Sugar

170g (6oz) Self Raising Flour

2 Large Eggs 

A little milk if necessary

Method

First prepare your bowl by buttering it well. Have enough baking parchment to cover the bowl twice ready along with some foil and some string. Put a big pan of water on to boil with a trivet in it or a steamer on it. The water shouldn't be able to touch the bowl.

Mix the breadcrumbs and the syrup and put in the base of the bowl.

Cream together the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until it is light and fluffy and a very pale colour. Add the eggs, one at a time, with a little of the flour to prevent the mixture splitting. Fold in the remaining flour and add enough milk to give the mixture a soft dropping consistency. Place mixture in bowl.

Fold the parchment in two then form a pleat in the middle; the pleat will allow for expansion of the pudding when cooked. Cover the bowl with the parchment and tie it in place with the string. take some foil and fold it into a strip about 3-4cm (1 1/2 in) wide. Place the foil strip under the bowl so that the ends of the strip are higher than the rim of the bowl Place on trivet or in steamer and cover with a lid. Turn down the heat on the pan to a steady simmer.

Leave to cook for at least an hour, topping up the water with boiling water if it looks like the pan will boil

When cooked remove from steamer/pan using the foil as a handle. Invert on a warm plate and remove bowl. Serve with home made custard.