Oven-Baked Treacle Sponge Pudding
Warm and comforting, this easy black treacle sponge pudding is the perfect hot dessert. Oven-baked instead of steamed, it's also super quick!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 302kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 120 g golden syrup
- 60 g black treacle
- ½ lemon’s zest and juice
- 115 g unsalted butter (room temp.)
- 115 g light brown soft sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 115 g plain / all-purpose flour (see notes for self-raising flour swap)
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoon milk (semi-skimmed or whole)
Instructions
- Preheat oven: 180°C / 160°C (fan) / Gas Mark 4 / 350°F
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the treacle, syrup, zest and lemon juice until smooth, then pour this into the base of a greased 8-inch square baking tin.
- In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully combined.
- Sieve in the flour and baking powder, gently folding this until the mixture until just combined.
- Stir in the milk until smooth and then spoon the batter over the syrup in the pan and smooth gently until evenly spread across the syrup layer.
- Cover the tin with a layer of foil and bake for 40-45mins until the sponge is risen and a skewer comes out clean from the middle.
Notes
- You can swap the plain / all-purpose flour in this recipe for self-raising flour of the same quantity and exclude the baking powder instead.
Nutrition
Calories: 302kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 103mg | Potassium: 181mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 426IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 2mg