Syrup Sponge Pudding

Name: Syrup Sponge Pudding
Yield: 6–7 helpings
Ingredients: milk to mix; 2 oz. castor sugar; 4 oz. finely-chopped suet.; 1 level teasp. bicarbonate of soda; 1 teasp. ground ginger; 1 egg; pinch of salt; 1 tablesp. treacle; 2 tablesp. golden syrup; 6 oz. breadcrumbs; 6 oz. plain flour

Preparation info

6–7
helpings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

6 oz. plain flour
6 oz. breadcrumbs
4 oz.<

Dessert

Method

Grease a basin and, if liked, put an extra tablesp. of golden syrup in the bottom. Mix together the flour, breadcrumbs, suet, sugar, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Beat the egg with the golden syrup, treacle and a little of the milk. Stir this into the other ingredients, using more milk if req