Basic recipe for Steamed Puddings...

4oz butter
4oz caster sugar
6oz self-raising flour
pinch of salt
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons milk

Beat butter until soft and creamy, then beat in sugar.  Mix flour and salt and add it a little at a time alternately with the beaten egg.  Fold in milk.  Spoon into greased pudding basin and steam for 1 1/2 hours.

Variations....

Chocolate Pudding - omit 1oz of flour from the basic recipe and replace it with 1oz cocoa.  Sieve this with the flour and add to the mix.

Coffee Pudding -  dissolve 2 level teaspoons instant coffee into 2 teaspoons of boiling water.  Mix this with the milk and add to the mix.

Orange or Lemon Pudding - omit the milk from the basic recipe and add the zest and juice of 1 orange or 1 lemon.

Jam, Golden Syrup, Marmalade or Lemon Curd Pudding - follow the basic recipe, but put 3 tablespoons of Jam, Golden Syrup, Marmalade or Lemon Curd into the greased pudding basin before spooning in the mixture.

Last edited by Tanya (Thu 15 Mar 07 7:36pm)

Stem Ginger Steamed Sponge
One of our family favourites.

6ozs butter
2 large eeggs
170g tube condensed milk
8ozs S.R.Flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
3ozs stem ginger chopped finely
2tbsp orange jelly marmalade

Grease 21/2pt pudding bowl. Put the orange jelly marmalade in the base of the bowl.
This is an all in one method sponge, so put all ingredients EXCEPT the ginger in a bowl, beat until mixed together, then fold in the ginger.
Steam for 2 hours.