Malva Pudding with Fresh Custard

One dessert that follows me wherever I go – similar to how I am haunted by red velvet cake – is this one here. It is Cape Dutch in origin and one of the few Afrikaner foods that wasn’t taken from Cape Malay slaves. Malva pudding is a classic and is totally fused to the South African psyche like no other dessert.

No one quite knows where the name comes from but there are very strong opinions on who came up with it first. I’ve also had the odd Afrikaans speaker correct my pronunciatio