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15 January 2021

Marmalade steamed pudding

 This wasn't totally successful - the sponge wasn't quite cooked in the middle, but nothing a few moments in the microwave couldn't cure.   But it was warm, lovely comfort food!

2 eggs
Weigh the eggs and measure out the same weight of butter, sugar and self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
Large tablespoonful of marmalade, jam, golden syrup or similar.  Stewed apple is very good, too.

Grease a pudding basin (think mine is 3 pints, but wouldn't swear to it) and put the marmalade in the bottom.  Use either the creaming or the all-in-one method to mix the remaining ingredients into a cake batter, which you then place on top of the marmalade.  


Cover the bowl with either a plastic lid or with greaseproof paper or similar.

  Place on the trivet in an Instant Pot.  Add about 400 ml boiling water to the pot.  I cooked this on steam at high pressure for 40 minutes,

but, as I said above, it turned out not to be quite cooked, even with mostly reducing the pressure at room temperature.  Many recipes say to steam without sealing for 15 minutes, and then sealed for 20, but I'm not sure whether that would have worked any better.  Maybe 45 minutes next time?  Anyway, it was delicious, served with custard.
UPDATE: Although it was very good, I think next time it will be a baked sponge pudding - you make exactly the same way, but cook in the oven (arguably in a cake tin) instead of steaming.  Moderate oven, 20-25 minutes.....

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