Cottage Pudding (it's Really A Cake!)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 grated lemon, rind of (or 2 tsp. vanilla extract in place of the lemon rind and juice)
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400* (f).
• 2 butter and lightly flour an 8-inch square cake pan.
• 3 mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in a large bowl.
• 4 melt the butter in a small pan, remove from heat, and whisk in the milk and egg, beating well.
• 5 add to the flour mixture and blend.
• 6 pour into prepared pan and bake for about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• 8 turn out onto wire rack.
• 9 serve warm with lemon sauce/vanilla sauce, or your favorite thick chocolate sauce.
• 10 for lemon/vanilla sauce: mix the sugar and cornstarch together in a small bowl.
• 11 add sugar mixture to boiling water, stirring constantly.
• 12 boil 5 minutes.
• 13 remove from heat and swirl in the butter, lemon juice and rind or vanilla extract, and pinch of salt.
• 14 serve warm.