Essex Pudding

Ingredients

• 3 oz. butter.
• 4 oz. sugar.
• 5 oz. flour.
• Jam.
• Milk.
• 2 eggs.
• ^ teaspoonful baking powder.
• J teaspoonful vanilla.

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar, then drop in one egg, add a little flour, and beat well for a few minutes.

2. 2

   Add the other egg and more flour, and enough milk to mix to a smooth creamy batter, which should be rather thin.

3. 3

   Mix the baking powder and vanilla carefully through the batter.

4. 4

   Butter a mould, put some jam in it, and pour the batter over.

5. 5

   Cover with buttered paper and steam for hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The St. Mungo cookery book (1904) by Jean Lambie, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ESSEX PUDDING. 3 oz. butter. 4 oz. sugar. 5 oz. flour. Jam. Milk. 2 eggs. ^ teaspoonful baking powder. J teaspoonful vanilla.

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