As I am typing this it is 30+ degrees Celcius in Sydney – hot, sticky, summer weather. So what is happening in my kitchen? Baking, of course1 I don’t let a little thing like stinking hot weather stand between me and my need to create sweet treats for family. So obviously this is just the type of weather to create a pudding!
I have always loved puddings – eating them, baking them, ordering them when out to dinner. The more old fashioned it is, the better. Don’t get me wrong, I love intricate, exciting modern desserts too, but there is something comforting and homely about a warm-from-the-oven jam pudding served with a big dollop of rapidly melting vanilla ice cream.
I recall my mum making something similar as a kid and I love helping misses 8 and 10 make old-fashioned puddings.
Eat, drink and make happy memories.
LET’S GET TO IT:
1/3 cup raspberry or strawberry jam / jelly
1 2/3 cups plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
250 grams caster sugar
100 grams desiccated coconut
3 eggs
350 mL milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or dollop vanilla bean extract
150 grams butter, melted
LET’S GET TO IT:
Grease an ovenproof, two litre ceramic dish.
Spread the jam over the base of the dish.
Use a fork to stir the flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl, then stir in the rest of the dry ingredients.
When combined stir in wet ingredients until just mixed, then dollop onto the jam.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes – the top should be golden and a skewer inserted into the batter should not come out with wet batter attached.
Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.
the hungry mum 
Great! This looks like something my kids might be able to make with a little supervision. Just the thing to have with a cup of tea too. Thanks.
yep, this is totally kid-friendly! Hope you love it.
We are nutters baking on those kind of days! This looks tops!,
yes, I really do have a problem… #bakersAnonymous
I love jam and coconut! 😀
P.S. I’m a bit confused by the posts-sometimes there are some from last year that look like they’ve been published recently? Am I looking at the blog the wrong way?
Far out woman, how you can hang out in the kitchen when it is 30+ degrees. Your air conditioning must blow Icelandic temps. 🙂 Puddings are my fave too, I love desserts that are both hot and cold. Adding this one to my family dinner menu list.
Yeah, the power bill for Feb is scary thanks to my penchant for baking and running AC at the same time. #ooops
I’m not at all familiar wit this type of pudding but, I have to admit, it sure does look good! Anything with jam is OK in m book. 🙂
It is traditional British food – when my parents were kids us Aussies took our cooking cues from The Motherland. Now Australia has amazing multicultural food but every now and then you want something English 🙂
Oh it’s so delicious! I just love coconut in every way 🙂 Thanks!
Thanks Mariah! I love coconut, too 🙂