Self Saucing Cherry Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Spread the drained cherries evenly in the bottom of a deep 9 x 9 greased baking dish.
• To prepare batter, cream together the 3/4 cup sugar and butter until well blended, then stir in milk.
• Sift 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt over creamed ingredients. Combine thoroughly until batter is smooth.
• Turn batter over cherries and smooth evenly with back of spoon.
• To make topping, mix together 1/4 cup sugar and 2 1/2 tbsp flour. Sprinkle it evenly over top of batter.
• Pour reserved cherry liquid in a 2 cup measure and add enough water to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid.
• Heat this liquid in a saucepan until boiling, then remove from heat and stir in red food colouring.
• Slowly, with a back and forth motion, pour liquid all over top of batter.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Put the dates in a bowl and pour in 300ml boiling water. Leave to soak for 30 mins. Meanwhile, make the sauce by tipping all the ingredients, a big pinch of salt and 300ml boiling water into a pan, then whisk over a medium heat and simmer for 2 mins. Pour into a jug and leave to cool slightly. Once the dates are soaked, use a hand blender to blitz the dates and water until you have smooth paste. Leave to cool slightly. Butter a deep 35 x 25cm dish.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Beat together the butter and sugar for 3 mins until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition. Fold in the flour, bicarb and baking powder along with a pinch of salt. Once combined, mix in the date purée, then fold in the dark chocolate. Pour the sponge batter into the prepared dish and spread out evenly using the back of a spoon. Pour the chocolate sauce evenly over the top of the batter.
• Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins until risen, then leave to rest for 2 mins. Serve warm with a big scoop of ice cream or warm custard.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to a moderate 180°C.
• Lightly grease a 6 cup shallow baking dish.
• Combine pudding ingredients and mix until smooth and pour into prepared dish.
• Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan, stir over a low heat until dissolved and carefully pour over the pudding (I spoon the sauce over the pudding till it layers the pudding and then pour the remainder over the back of a spoon).
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Garnish with icing sugar, lemon shred and strawberry leaves if desired and serve with cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 356°F Lightly grease a 6-cup capacity baking dish.
• In a large bowl sift the flour and baking powder.
• Add the butter and rub with fingertips until the mixture comes together like fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the sugar and orange zest and mix through. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk. Add the blueberries and mix together to form a stiff batter.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish.
• To make the sauce, squeeze the orange into a measuring glass and top with boiling water to make 1 1/2 cups total. Stir in the jam and sugar until dissolved.
• Pour the sauce over the pudding mixture and bake in the oven for 45 mins or until the pudding is cooked through.
• Serve hot from the oven sprinkled with icing sugar and topped with ice-cream or yoghurt.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 4 to 6 cup casserole dish (deep sides).
• Batter Base - sift flour and a pinch of salt together and then add sugar and grated lemon rind, mixing well together.
• Stir in melted butter , vanilla and milk mix and stir until all flour mix is incorporated.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish.
• Sauce - Sprinkle the mixture with the sugar and lemon rind.
• Combine the boiling water and lemon juice and carefully spoon some of over the batter and sugar topping, until fully covered and then pour the rest of the mix over the back of the spoon.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving (very important to allow the sauce to thicken or otherwise will have runny liquid).
• Serve with cream and or icecream.