How hard can it be to bake a pudding? With an abundance of blackberry's in my freezer I thought I'd give it a whirl. The results weren't bad at all. My Blackberry & Lemon Treacle Sponge although slightly heavy due to the lack of a food mixer to do the hard work of beating, it came out quite tasty. I can see a few more experiments on the horizon, and as tempting as it is, even just to get a sympathy vote, I won't enter the Dunbar Flower Show this weekend and compete against the experts who have an extra 30 years experience under their aprons.
Make it yourself:
Stick the oven on to 180 0C whatever gas mark that is. Make sure you take your head out of it before you go on any further.
100g Caster Sugar
100g Butter to help boost your cholesterol levels
100g Self Raising Flour as it does all the work for you
2 eggs (the chicken variety are my preference)
Pinch of salt to clog up your artery's a little bit more
Zest of as many lemons that you fancy...depending on how lemony you are feeling!
Golden syrup. As much as you want depending on how fat you want to be and how good your dentist is.
Mix it all up vigorously in a bowl starting with the sugar and butter first, then the eggs, then slowly and lightly shove in the flour and mix it up for as long as you can be bothered. I think the idea is to do it well but I gave up after a while because there was something on the telly I wanted to watch.
Stick it in the oven in a greased bowl and cover loosely with foil until its cooked. Roughly around 30-40 minutes depending on how rubbish your oven is. Then tuck in to it, but be warned the treacle is like molten lava fresh out of the oven. You can eat it cold too or on a sandwich or with salad or even in a soup! If anyone tries the last 3 then I suggest you keep your head in the oven for slightly less longer next time.
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