Matthew's Deadly Treacle Pudding
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Remember it's only deadly if you eat enough of it. The author takes no
responsibility for heart attacks etc. (!)

I know syrup isn't treacle, but I've never seen a pudding made with real
treacle and I don't even know whether you can still get it.

  1/2 kg butter
  1/2 kg flour (sponge / self-raising. Colour to suit)
  1/2 kg castor sugar                  ^^ I mean plain/wholemeal
  10 eggs, beaten
  1/4 pint milk
  2/3 jar (1/2 kg) golden syrup, at least

  Mix butter & sugar
    (if you don't have a good mixer you can part-melt the butter in a big
    saucepan, and mix everything in with it. I'm told this shouldn't work,
    but it does)
  Add eggs & about half flour slowly
  Add milk & rest of flour slowly
    (don't need that much milk, just add some if the mixture is too thick)
  If you do have a good mixer just chuck everything in at once.

  Put it all in a greased bucket, with layers of syrup at the bottom and in
the middle. If you put treacle on the top too it burns and doesn't look so
good, but still tastes OK. I have performed _many_ experiments. 8-)

  Cover with greaseproof paper if you can be bothered (I don't)
     .        .
  350 F or 160 C for 35/40 minutes. In theory. It should be solid on the
inside - if you've got a skewer then prod about and it should come out clean.

Serves 4-5 greedy people. Double the recipe as necessary, you may need to
make several smaller puddings otherwise they don't cook in the middle. You
can cheat by microwaving it, but it doesn't taste as good.

You can put more syrup on after serving if you discover you were a bit mean
with it earlier. I assume you know how to make lumpy custard. 8-)

I've discovered that if you put too much treacle in, it looks like it hasn't
cooked at the bottom - the skewer will always come out wet. Don't let this
worry you too much though.


Enjoy...