This delicious orange marmalade pudding uses zingy orange zest and tangy marmalade. Perfect served with either orange sauce, custard, cream or ice cream.

I remember the first time I tried this I thought it was simply the most delicious pudding I’d ever tasted.

Ingredients for the orange marmalade pudding:

• Juice and grated zest of one large orange
• 100 g salted butter
• 100 g caster sugar
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 100 g wholemeal self-raising flour
• 2-3 tablespoonsful of orange marmalade, beaten, plus a little extra to go in the pudding bowl

Ingredients for the Orange Sauce

• 25 g cornflour
• 25 g caster sugar
• 3/4 pint milk
• Grated zest of one orange

Method for the Orange Marmalade Pudding

• Lightly grease a pudding basin or non-metallic bowl and put to one side
• Cream together the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy.
• Gently add the beaten eggs and mix well
• Stir in the orange zest and orange marmalade
• Fold in the wholemeal flour, taking care not to knock the air out of the pudding
• 1-3 tablespoonsful of orange juice (one at a time, you may not need all three!) The batter should be soft but not runny. If it goes too runny, add a little more flour and stir carefully.
• Put a dollop of marmalade into the bottom of the pudding bowl

Microwave Method

• Pour the orange pudding mix into the bowl and cover with a non-metallic but microwave safe place and microwave on high for 3 minutes, then minute by minute until the sponge is cooked through

Steam Method

• Cover with greaseproof paper and tie up with string, and then steam over a pan of simmering water for 2 hours. Keep an eye on the water levels in the pan as it may need topping up from time to time with boiling water

Slow Cooker Method.

• Cover the top of the pudding bowl  with cling film and place in the slow cooker, with water up the sides of the bowl (about 5 cm-7 cm deep so it’s sitting in a water bath) cook on high for 2.5 hours or until it’s cooked through and a skewer or sharp knife comes out clean when you prod it.

Cooking Tip:

If microwaving keep an eye on it because sometimes it needs a little bit less time and others more time!  Give it what it needs!

Method for the Orange Sauce

• Put the cornflour in a jug
• Stir in a little milk until it makes a smooth paste
• Warm the milk and the sugar until it starts to rise up the pan.
• Take off the heat and quickly stir into the cornflour and milk paste
• Add the orange zest and stir

Cooking Tip:

If the sauce is too thick add a little more milk and stir well. If it is too runny put it back in the pan over a low heat and stir well until it thickens