Sponge Pudding

Ingredients

• Three ounces flour
• Two ounces butter
• Two ounces sugar
• Two eggs
• Half a teaspoonful baking-powder
• About half a gill of milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Break the eggs, separating the yolks from the whites.

3. 3

   Add one yolk and a little flour to the creamed mixture, then the second yolk in the same way.

4. 4

   Beat the whites stiffly and mix lightly with the other ingredients, along with the rest of the flour, baking powder, and milk.

5. 5

   Turn into a buttered bowl, cover with greased paper, and steam gently for about one hour.

6. 6

   When firm, turn onto a hot dish and pour round custard or jam sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Half a teaspoonful baking- powder. About half a gill of milk. Ornament a greased bowl with the cleaned sultanas. Cream the butter and sugar well, then add one egg and a little flour, and mix thoroughly. Add the second egg, the rest of the flour, and the baking-powder, and mix well. Put in the milk if necessary ; this will depend on the size of the eggs. The pudding mixture should drop easily from a spoon. Turn it into the prepared bowl, cover with -buttered paper, and steam steadily from one and a half to two hours. Turn out, and pour round a custard sauce. Newcastle Pudding* Two eggs ; their weight in I Half a teaspoonful baking- butter, sugar, and flour. | powder. A little milk. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly ; add one egg and a dessertspoonful of flour ; mix well. Add the second egg, with a little flour; then add the rest of the flour, mixing it well, and use a little milk if necessary. The baking-powder should be added with the last tablespoonful of flour. Turn the mixture into a buttered bowl ; cover with a greased paper ; steam for about one hour. Turn the pudding out, and pour round jam sauce. 96 PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES. Sponge Pudding. Three ounces flour. Two ounces butter. Two ounces sugar. Two eggs. Half a teaspoonful powder. baking- About half a gill of milk

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