Steamed orange pudding

Name: Steamed orange pudding
Ingredients: 100 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 100 g caster sugar; 100 g self-raising flour; 25 g fresh breadcrumbs; ½ tsp baking powder; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp milk; juice and zest of 2 oranges, combined; 4 tbsp golden syrup; clotted cream, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Better

By Shaun Hill

Published 2004

About

The tradition of steaming hearty puds serves winter nights well. This particular example will work at any time of year as the absence of suet gives a lighter result. It is also very easy to make and will test your steaming equipment - or lack of it - before you attempt anything more adventurous.

Ingredients

100 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
100 g caster sugar
100

Dessert
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

To make the batter, cream the butter and sugar together, then stir in the dry ingredients before beating in the eggs and then adding the milk and combined orange juice and zest.
Butter the sides of four ramekins or dariole moulds - these are what you use for crème caramels. Put 1 tbsp of golden syrup in each dish, then pour on the batter. Fasten kitchen foil lo