Microwave Malva pudding recipe

What is for dessert today? If you are thinking of something that is sweet and flavorful with a cake-like texture, try making the microwave Malva pudding. This South African delicacy is easy to make and requires simple and readily available ingredients.

Like most foods, Malva pudding is a fusion of different flavours. The sauce added to this sweet after-meal dish is the difference maker. You can serve the baked delicacy with custard, cream, and ice-cream. Below are some of the popular Malva pudding recipes.

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Easy microwave Malva pudding recipe

This quick and easy Malva pudding requires thirty-five minutes for preparation and cooking.

Ingredients

• I cup of milk (250 ml)
• 1 cup of wheat flour - preferably self-raising
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda
• 1 teaspoon of apricot jam
• 15 ml of vinegar
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 can of evaporated milk

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Instructions

1. Mix margarine and three tablespoons of sugar until the mixture becomes creamy. Add a teaspoon of apricot jam and the egg, and then whisk it into the mixture. After that, add a cup of self-raising flour to the mixture.
2. Dissolve a teaspoon of soda bicarbonate in a cup of milk and then add the milk to the flour mixture. Next, add the vinegar and mix all the ingredients well.
3. Pour the mixture into a large microwave friendly dish. Microwave the mixture on high heat for about ten to twelve minutes. When ready, the outcome should be spongy and brown at the top.
4. For the sauce, dissolve four tablespoons of sugar in boiling water, and then add evaporated milk and stir.
5. Pour the sauce over the hot microwave Malva pudding.
6. The dessert will be ready, so you can serve it with ice cream or custard.

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Ingredients

For Malva

• 1 cup of almond flour
• 3 tablespoons of honey
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup of desiccated coconut
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons of apricot jam
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

For the sauce

• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 3/4 cup of cream
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• Topping
• Cream and melted dark chocolate

Instructions

1. Whisk the eggs in honey until the mixture becomes creamy. Add apricot jam and mix well.
2. Melt butter (2 tablespoons) in a saucepan. Add milk and cider vinegar and then stir well.
3. Remove the saucepan from heat. Add almond flour, baking soda, and desiccated coconut and mix well. Next, add the egg-honey mixture and continue mixing.
4. Pour the mixture into an ovenproof dish. Microwave for about ten to fifteen minutes on high heat. When ready, the Malva pudding will be spongy and brown on the top, but you have to slide a knife in the confectionery to confirm if it has cooked well. If the knife is clean, the cake is ready.
5. For the sauce: over medium heat, melt two tablespoons of butter and two tablespoons of honey. Add cream, stir, and let it simmer for three minutes.
6. Use a knife to make some holes on the Malva pudding and then pour the sauce all over.
7. As the cake absorbs the cream, melt dark chocolate in a microwave for a minute. Add cream and stir.
8. Pour the dark chocolate topping over the delicacy.

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Malva vinegar pudding with raisins and nuts

Ingredients

For Malva

• 1 cup of dried raisins
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup of water
• 2 eggs
• 100 grams of pecan nuts
• 1 teaspoon of apricot jam
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 teaspoon of brown vinegar
• 1 cup of caster sugar
• Salt

For the sauce

• 1 cup of cream
• 125 grams of butter
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup of sugar

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, place the chopped raisins and baking powder. Add boiling water into the bowl and leave the mixture to soften for about thirty minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the sugar and butter. Beat the mixture until it becomes fluffy and light. Add eggs and continue whisking the mixture until it turns pale yellow, and then add a teaspoon of apricot jam and mix.
3. Add a teaspoon of vinegar to half a cup of milk, and then add the milk to the sugar-egg mixture and mix well.
4. Take the finely sieved flour and salt and add them to the mixture. Stir to mix well.
5. Now, add the dates plus a handful of chopped pecan nuts. Stir using a spoon until well mixed.
6. Spread a tablespoon of butter over a microwave friendly dish. Pour the Malva pudding and microwave on high heat until the top browns and the confectionery becomes spongy.
7. In a small saucepan, melt two tablespoons of butter. Add cream, sugar and vanilla essence and boil for three minutes.
8. Once the cake is ready, pour the cream sauce over it.
9. Sprinkle the remaining pecan nuts over the Malva pudding.
10. Serve it when warm with vanilla ice cream.

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Sticky microwave Malva pudding with Amarula sauce

Ingredients

For Malva pudding

• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 cup of milk
• Salt
• 1 teaspoon of vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of apricot jam

For Amarula sauce

• 1 cup of cream
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 80 ml of Amarula

Instructions

1. Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl until the mixture becomes creamy. Add two tablespoons of butter and apricot jam and mix well.
2. Sift the salt and flour together. Pour the flour into the egg-sugar mixture. Mix well until evenly combined. Pour milk gradually and stir and then add the vinegar.
3. Spread the butter over an oven friendly dish and then pour the Malva pudding mixture into the dish. Microwave on high heat until the top browns. Use a knife to test whether the cake is ready.
4. For the Amarula sauce, heat cream, caster sugar, and butter over low heat. Stir to allow the sugar to dissolve and the sauce to thicken. Let it boil for three minutes and then remove from heat. Finally, add Amarula and stir.
5. Use a knife to make holes over the Malva pudding. Pour the sauce over the pudding. If you want it to be extra sticky, add more sauce. Alternatively, you can pour the remaining sauce in a jar and serve it with the sweet cake.
6. Serve warm with custard.

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The above microwave pudding Malva recipes are straightforward as long as you have all the ingredients and requirements. Let your family and friends enjoy microwave Malva pudding this holiday season.

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