South African Malva Pudding
A tender South African cake with apricot jam, covered in a warm cream, butter and vanilla sauce. Serves 8; preparation times are approximate.
Malva pudding is baked until golden and spongy, then soaked with a warm sauce that makes it moist and sweet. Serve it warm on its own or with vanilla ice cream. Hands-on preparation time is an estimate.
Ingredient allergens
Allergen listDocumented presence
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Milk and milk products
Butter for the sauce
Ingredients without verified allergen data 13
Ingredients without verified allergen data: Butter, Sugar, Eggs, Apricot jam, Baking soda, Milk, Dark vinegar, Flour, Salt, Cream, Hot water, Vanilla extract, Sugar for the sauce.
Alternatives by dietary restriction
Lactose-free milk
For lactose intolerance
It can replace liquid milk in cooking and baking to reduce lactose. It retains milk proteins, so it does not avoid the milk allergen. Choose a variety suited to the recipe and check the label. Also check other allergens and the risk of cross-contact.
Lactose-free milk retains milk proteins. This option does not address milk allergy.
Allergens to consider in this alternative:
- Milk and milk products
Check the label, other allergens and cross-contact. Replacing one ingredient does not remove allergens elsewhere in the recipe; adjustments depend on the culinary use.
Method
- 01
Prepare the oven and pan
Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease an ovenproof dish with a little of the measured butter.
Temperature: 180 °C / 356 °FReady to continue when: The oven is at 180 °C and the dish has a thin coating of butter.
- 02
Mix the butter, sugar and eggs
Beat the remaining butter with the sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, then mix in the apricot jam.
Ready to continue when: The mixture is creamy, with the eggs and jam fully incorporated.
- 03
Finish the batter
Mix the milk with the baking soda and add it to the mixture. Stir in the dark vinegar. Gradually add the sifted flour and salt, mixing until no dry patches remain.
Ready to continue when: The batter is even, with no visible pockets of dry flour.
- 04
Bake the pudding
Pour the batter into the dish and bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Temperature: 180 °C / 356 °FReady to continue when: The pudding is golden, and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
45 min - 05
Make and add the sauce
While the pudding bakes, put the cream, sugar for the sauce, butter for the sauce, hot water and vanilla extract in a saucepan. Heat, stirring, until the sauce boils, then remove it from the heat. Pour the hot sauce over the pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven and leave it to rest for 15 minutes to absorb the sauce.
Ready to continue when: The sauce covers the pudding and has been partly absorbed after 15 minutes.
15 min
Ingredients
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