There are quite a few modern variations of this very old recipe. Most of the new recipes require you to add a sauce to the pudding after it has been baked. The original does not. In the original recipe the pudding is baked in the sauce. This can become a problem as the sauce does tend to boil over during the baking process and this is most probably why the modern versions have done things differently.
On Ba-Bootie I try to stick to the old fashioned way so here is the recipe of the oldest version of this pudding that I could find. The person who very graciously gave me the recipe does not want their name mentioned. I hope my attempt at the recipe lives up to this person’s expectations.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk with a heaped teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda mixed into it
Method
Mix the golden syrup, butter, sugar and egg. Add milk with bicarbonate of soda to this mixture. Add the flour and mix well. The mixture is supposed to be runny. Pour mixture into a deep greased oven dish. If this dish is not deep enough the pudding is going to boil over.
Mix 1 cup sugar with 1 1/2 cup boiling water. Stir until the sugar is melted. Pour this syrup over the pudding mixture. Place a lid on your oven dish and bake at 160C for 45 minutes.
Happy eating!
Love the new layout Arnold…..your rankings are good too…simple but to the point…..I like it a lot!!
@Nina Thanks, I am still ironing out a few problems with the new theme but everything seems to be holding up.
Arnold! As a child of an English woman, Lyle’s golden syrup, aka TREEEEAAACKKLEEEE is a favorite of mine! I am going to make this for my mother for tea very soon! :) thanks so much for posting on the two for tuesday recipe blog hop! Alex@amoderatelife
This looks like a dish of pure, comforting bliss! I am sure that you did this person proud =) I’m so glad you’ve joined us again and shared this with Two for Tuesdays! Absolutely delectable.
@Alex – I am sure your Mom will enjoy this. Thanks for making the bloghop possible.
@girlichef – I promise you this pudding comforts even if you do not need comforting. Thanks to you as well for keeping the bloghop going.
Oh my goodness, this looks so unbelievably gorgeous! I’ve got my spoon ready to dig right in! Thanks for sharing with Two for Tuesday.
When we were kids growing up my grandmother used to make a version of this. It was our favourite – she made a couple of other puddings which were, in truth, not great – but this we loved. And we used to call it Nana’s “Sticky Bottom” Pudding, which to our young minds was hilarious. Thanks for sharing your version, which I am going to try and think of my Nana with her sticky bottom!
Sue
@Sue – what a great story. If you make the pudding I hope you enjoy it as well as the memories it holds in store for you.
What is golden syrup?? I so want to try this! I know my kids would love it!
Thanks for linking this to Two for Tuesdays!
@Christy – I think a link would be the quickest way of doing this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup
Thanks for visiting.
Hello Arnold – these old recipes are spectacularly good. These are what I call “real” recipes – that really work without any fuss .. and have been polished off with delight for generations. Poifickt!
@Lys – Thanks, I am glad you like the recipes.