Golden Syrup Sponge Puddings

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 175 g butter
• 175 g sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest, finely grated
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 large eggs, whiskee together
• 175 g self raising flour
• 6 tablespoons golden syrup
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to moderate.
• 2 grease small ovenproof round moulds with butter.
• 3 beat the butter and sugar together and add lemon zest, beat ingredients together until pale and creamy.
• 4 add the milk and eggs, and beat well. (the mixture may curdle at this point, do not worry). sift in flour and fold through mixture.
• 5 combine golden syrup and lemon juice and divide equal amounts between the moulds. fill each mould with batter to about 2/3 full each.
• 6 cover each mould with baking paper and tie to seal. place the puddings in a baking dish and fill dish with water to come up half way to the sides of the moulds.
• 7 bake 40 minutes.
• 8 remove the puddings from oven and cool slightly on a rack. remove paper and turn puddings out onto serving plates.
• 9 serve immediately with ice cream or custard.
• 10 n.b. i poured some extra warmed golden syrup over these puddings before i added cream to serve.