South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (2024)

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A sweet pudding of Dutch origin, Malva Pudding is usually served hot with custard or ice-cream. Made with apricot jam, this typical South African dessert has a spongy, caramelised texture.

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Malva Pudding

  • Author: Louise Sanders

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An absolutely delicious pudding with a South African twist!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 2 eggs (room temp)
  • 1 tablespoon smooth apricot jam
  • 1 ¼ cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarb of soda (5ml)
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter (30ml)
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar (15ml)
  • 125ml milk

The Sauce

  • 250ml cream
  • 125ml butter
  • 125ml sugar
  • 125ml water/Orange juice/Sherry/Brandy

Instructions

  1. Set oven to 190°C
  2. Beat castor sugar and eggs until fluffy then beat in the jam until a creamy consistency
  3. Sift dry ingredients into separate bowl.
  4. Melt butter in a small pot on a medium heat and add the vinegar and milk.
  5. Now add the egg mixture and the butter mixture to the sifted ingredients and mix until well combined.
  6. Pour into an ovenproof casserole dish that takes about 2 liters.
  7. Bake at 190°C for 45 mins until the top is nicely browned.
  8. Melt all the sauce ingredients together in a small pot over a medium heat and pour over the pudding before serving, preferably while it’s still hot.
  9. Serve it with ice-cream or custard or both.

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  1. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (5)teboho

    Mmmm,delicious.

    • South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (6)vangile madi

      mmmmmh lekker

      • South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (7)Sonja

        Baie lekker…eks mal ook malva pudding

  2. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (8)Mandisa

    I’m lovin this… Especially with warm custard and whipped cream… Aaaaa heaven…

  3. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (9)Sharon Bruwer

    My son and I baked the pud on 27 April.The recipe yields a large pudding-at least six generous helpings.This is not one of those dense,dry malva puddings which I have lately encountered on some restaurant menus.Fluffy and spongy-it slurps up the delicious sauce and is just yummy.Easy and quick.A winner.

  4. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (10)Fionn

    Absolutely pleasing to the sense of taste

  5. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (11)Avitha Ramdarie

    An excellent recipe. Tried it 4 times. Flopproof. Even doubled and trebled it- no problem.

  6. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (12)MinT

    Yummmm.. My new favorite dessert..
    Thx for the recipe!

    I followed recipe exactly n baked using a muffin tray. Yielded 12 regular cupcake sized puddings. Yummmmmy!

  7. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (13)Asherina Ramklown

    I made this pudding last night. It was a tastebud explosion! An absolute winner and so easy too!

  8. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (16)gareth

    This was really good! Full portions for 6 of us!

  9. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (17)ray

    Awesome recipe, made it a couple of times over the last 2 weeks and it never lets me down!

  10. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (18)Jabulile Lephallo

    This recipe is to die for .Made it fo my family of twelve everyone was asking me for a recipe they want to do it at their homes.This is the best malva i’ve ever had 10/10

  11. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (19)Bronwyn

    Yummy everytime 🙂 Perfect recipe

  12. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (20)Lindiwe

    I have made malva pudding several time and it was delicious,my problem is that it does not turn out dark brown,i used clear vinegar(spirit),must i use dark vinegar to get that dark brown colour?

  13. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (21)Tumi

    Made this Malva pudding for Christmas and it was a hit. Will definitely try it again.

  14. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (22)boitumelo

    I tried the recipe, wow, my whole family loved it! My 10 year old son, at most of the pudding! Thank you

  15. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (23)Tariro Manamike

    I tried this recipe yesterday and it was lekker!! My first time making it and i was impressed.Never went wrong.My whole family enjoyed it thoroughly.It’s a keeper.Thanks

  16. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (24)Vinnie

    Hi there, tried the recipe and used Liqui fruit Mango and Orange for the sauce and it was THE BOMB!!!
    Well done, keep up the good work.

  17. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (25)Percy

    Yummy

  18. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (26)Ruth Cameron

    I made a double portion for a function and everybody enjoyed it so much, that I had to email the recipe to about 4 people this morning. This was the very first time I ever made malva pudding. Delicious. Thanks for the recipe.

    • South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (27)Zanap Ramjan

      Hi I need to know for 20 people what quantity shud I do? Please urgent need for Friday. Thanks .

    • South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (28)Leah

      Made me laugh….emailed ‘about’ 4 people! Well was it 3 or was it 5? Lol

  19. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (29)Yolande

    Delicious…..it s marvellous

  20. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (30)Ewelina

    AMAzing :)) loved it <3 thank you so much

  21. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (31)Kershe Lee

    This is one super awesome malva pudding. magnificanto!

  22. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (32)Lyn Naidoo

    I’m not one foR baking but hav always loved malva pudding, so I decided to try this recipe and voila! It was fantastic, absolutley divine.

  23. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (33)Yvonne Buys

    Hi,

    I have made malva pudding several time and it was delicious,my problem is that it does not turn out dark brown,i used clear vinegar(spirit),must i use dark vinegar to get that dark brown colour?

    Please advice me.

    • South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (34)Chef Sibu

      You may use dark brown sugar instead of white sugar

  24. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (35)Primrose Bhero

    My daughter has been bugging me to teach her to cook and bake, I am an buy instant pudding kinda girl. We tried this recipe together and it came out absolutely heavanly! Our comments were,”It tastes better than the Woolies one”!

  25. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (36)Chewsy

    Malva pudding is by far the most loved winter dessert in our family. This recipe is a keeper! It never flops!

    >Lindiwe, 24 Oct 2011: To get a nice brown sponge, check the amount of bicarb you add to your batter. Add half a teaspoon more if you prefer a darker pudding and/or bake 5 minutes longer.

  26. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (37)Nola

    Wow very nice for my first attempt! followed the recipe but on the sauce part i let it boil for a while till it thickened.

  27. South African Malva Pudding Recipe easy with custard or ice cream (38)bontle

    Tried this recipe not only is it yummy but also afFordable!!!! Tried it and wow! It was out of this world

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    Totally loved this recipe! I prefer cooking to baking any day but I found that this recipe was really easy to make. My family has now nominted me to bring dessert (malva pudding) to the next family gathering! 🙂

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    We have just tried the recipe and mmmh! doesn’t it taste great!!!

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    Hey guys. I used granulated sugar instead of castor sugar and im only halfway through the baking process but pudding is sinking in the middle but turning brown as expected. Dint know where I went wrong 🙁

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