Photo: Michelle Minnaar

Try the following recipe for a unique Christmas dessert.

Amarula malva pudding
8 small portions or 1 big pudding

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (250 ml) cake flour
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup (250 ml) caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) apricot jam
• 2 teaspoons (10 ml) orange peel
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) melted butter
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) lemon juice or vinegar
• 1 cup (250 ml) milk
• Custard for serving

Sauce:

• ½ tin condensed milk
• ½ cup (125 ml) milk
• ½ cup (125 ml) cream
• ¼ cup (60 ml) Amarula liquor
• Pinch of nutmeg

Method:

• Heat the oven to 180°C and grease the serving bowl or individual cups.
• Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together in a mixing bowl.
• Cream the egg and caster sugar together in a separate bowl.
• Add the jam, orange peel, butter and vinegar (or lemon juice) and mix well.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well.
• Pour into the greased serving bowl or individual cups and cover with foil.
• Bake individual servings for 20 minutes or single serving for 30 minutes until golden brown and cooked.
• For the sauce: Melt all the ingredients together in a pot and pour over the pudding as soon as it comes out of the oven. Poke holes in the pudding with a fork so that it absorbs the sauce more easily.