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Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding with a glossy ginger-lemon glaze.

Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course desserts
Cuisine British
Servings 6
Calories 206 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the sponge:

  • 1 1/2 sticks butter softened
  • 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • zest of one lemon and juice of half
  • 3 Tablespoons milk

For the syrup:

  • 1 jar ginger jam
  • juice from other half of lemon

Instructions
 

  • Really, this could not be any easier. Put everything in the food processor and give it a whirl until it is smooth. Set aside.
    Adding softened butter, eggs, flour, and milk to a food processor for Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding.
  • Put the ginger jam in a saucepan and cook it over medium heat until it melts. Take off the heat squeeze the lemon juice in and set aside.
    Melting ginger jam in a saucepan for Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding.
  • Get a large pot. Put a tea towel in the bottom. Find a bowl that will fit inside the pot with enough room to fill with water. Boil some water, or start the tea kettle.
    Clean white dish towel inside a large cast iron pot for baking or cooking preparation.
  • Generously butter the bowl.
    Generously buttering a white bowl for Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding.
  • Put the bowl inside the pot. Pour the syrup into the bowl.
    Ginger lemon syrup in a bowl for Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding.
  • Pour the cake batter on top pf the syrup and spread it out to cover the syrup.
    Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding batter in a white bowl, set inside a larger pot with a tea towel for steaming.
  • Cover the cake with tin foil.
    Covering the Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding with tin foil for steaming.
  • Pour the boiled water into the pot until it reached 3/4 up the sides of the bowl. Cook over medium heat for 2 hours. Check during the cooking time to make sure that you have enough water. You may need to add more. I had to top it off about halfway through.
    Pouring boiled water from a red kettle into a pot to steam Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding.
  • Carefully get the bowl out of the pot, it is going to be very hot. Now I understand why people tie string around the bowl to help get it out when it is finished. Turn the bowl onto a plate and it should come right out. The jam makes this gorgeous, glistening sauce that makes an already moist cake amazing.
    Removing the hot bowl of Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding, covered with a green towel.
  • Serve warm with some whipped cream. Delicious.
    Lemon Ginger Steamed Pudding with a glistening ginger jam topping.

Nutrition

Calories: 206kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 7gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 268mgFiber: 1g
Keyword english dessert, lemon dessert, whipped cream topping
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