Treacle Sponge Pudding

Serves 4-6. Calories per portion 413-619.

Ingredients:

Butter for greasing

90ml (3 fl oz) of Golden Syrup ( Treacle )

125g (4oz) Self-Raising Flour

125g (4oz) Shredded Vegetable Suet or grated Chilled Butter.

125g (4oz) Fresh White Breadcrumbs

60g (2oz) Caster Sugar

About 125ml (4 fl oz) Milk.

900ml (1½ pint pudding bowl )

Method:

Lightly grease the pudding bowl with butter and spoon the golden Syrup into the bottom

Put all the dry ingredients, Flour, breadcrumbs, suet or butter, sugar into a large mixing bowl, and stir in enough milk to give the mixture a dropping consistency.

Spoon into the pudding bowl on top of the Golden Syrup ( Treacle )

Cover the bowl with buttered baking parchment ( grease proof paper ) and foil both pleated in the middle. Secure by string under the rim of the bowl tying a loop over the top so you can lift out of the steamer easily.

  

Put the bowl into a steamer or a large saucepan of simmering water, making sure the water comes half way up the side of the bowl if using a saucepan. Cover and steam, topping up with boiling water as needed, for about 3 hours.

Turn out the pudding

and Serve with hot custard.

And Enjoy!

Source: A Mary Berry Cookbook.