10 Minute Sponge Pudding

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 100 g self raising flour
• 100 g unsalted butter
• 100 g sugar
• 30 ml milk
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• vanilla essence (optional)
• lemon zest (optional)
• 3 tablespoons golden syrup (or jam, maple syrup etc)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar together.
• 2 add the eggs and vanilla essence.
• 3 add the flour, milk and lemon zest.
• 4 put the golden syrup in the bottom of a two pint bowl.
• 5 spoon the mixture on top.
• 6 cover and place in the microwave.
• 7 cook on high for 3.5 minutes. sometimes, the pudding needs another 1.5 minutes on top of this.
• 8 variations: any flavourings can be omitted or added. for example, add raisins (leaving our the syrup) and you have spotted dick!