Name: Malva Pudding By Filmic Flava
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: South African Recipes
Ingredients: 180 g Sugar; 2 Large Eggs; 1 tbsp Apricot Jam; 150 g All Purpose Flour; 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp Butter; 1 tsp Vinegar; ⅓ cup milk; 200 ml Fresh Cream; 100 g Butter; 120 g Sugar; ⅓ cup Hot Water; 2 tsp Vanilla Essence

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time10 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time45 mins

Malva Pudding is a true South African pudding dish, with a sweet sponge and a decadent caramelized sticky sauce; it’s normally served with hot custard or ice cream. This pudding originated from the old Cape Dutch ladies. What sets it apart is, it’s caramelized exterior and spongy interior when baked.

The name for malva pudding in Afrikaans is malvapoeding, which literally means marshmallow pudding. This theory probably comes from the resemblance between the pudding’s texture and that of marshmallow or its Afrikaner version called malvelekker, that is prepared with mallow (malva) extract. Others say that the sauce originally used in the Dutch recipe contained Malvasia (also known as malmsey) wine, or that the pudding was served with this sweet wine, popular of the Mediterranean region, especially Madeira.

- The Pudding (cake) -

180 g Sugar

2 Large Eggs

1 tbsp Apricot Jam

150 g All Purpose Flour

1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

½ tsp salt

1 tbsp Butter

1 tsp Vinegar

⅓ cup milk

- The Sauce -

200 ml Fresh Cream