Apricot Pudding Cake (Botswana Malva Pudding)

Malva Pudding is an easy to make recipe that is found in many of the safari camps in Botswana. It is sweet, delicious and a lovely dessert. It is called pudding, yet has a texture similar to cake when done. The cake like texture is surprising after adding all that sauce halfway through the cooking process, which makes it incredibly moist.

Cake:
1 cup all-purpose flour, unbleached
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. apricot jam or any flavour you like
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda

Sauce:
½ cup sugar
3½ oz butter
1 cup milk

Topping:
heavy fresh cream

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C/160°C fan, Gas Mark 4).

Combine sugar and the egg in a mixing bowl and beat this until smooth and fluffy, using a whisk or a mixer.

Then add flour, baking powder and baking soda.

In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients milk, melted butter, apricot jam and the vinegar. Mix well.

Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix well.

Pour into an oven-proof dish (about an 8x8") and bake for 45-50 minutes.

In a pot, melt together the ingredients for the sauce. When the cake is halfway baked, take it out of oven. Make holes in the cake and pour the sauce over the pudding. Return the pudding to the oven to finish cooking.

Serve warm with whipping cream.