15 Minute Sponge Pudding And Custard

[threebikesmcginty]

Just made a syrup sponge pudding using the microwave. Three and half minutes of nuking and the rest mixing it all up. Mrs McG made the custard which was yummy too.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/165/microwave-sponge-pudding.aspx/amp/

I didn't take a pic of the sponge but that's where it was.

 

[mjr]

Slow food is better.

 

[Crackle]

It looks like it has a light and airy texture, almost as if it's not there.

 

[growingvegetables]

Slow food is better.

Especially for steamed puds - sorry, @threebikesmcginty

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Microwaved sponge is pretty good. Bowl of water in there keeps the humidity up while it's cooking.

 

[PeteXXX]

Slow food is better.

Including making the custard from scratch, not just Birds Custard Powder?

 

[growingvegetables]

[QUOTE 4991314, member: 259"]Microwaves are amazing for steamed puds. ...[/QUOTE]
No, no, no!

I'm not a complete Luddite - there is one thing (but ONLY one) that comes out of a microwave better than the equivalent "slow-cooked" (as in real-cooked ).

And that is fish. On one condition, that it was so damned fresh that the beast was winking at you on the fishmonger's counter! [swoon][/swoon]

 

[Fnaar]

Just made a syrup sponge pudding using the microwave. Three and half minutes of nuking and the rest mixing it all up. Mrs McG made the custard which was yummy too.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/165/microwave-sponge-pudding.aspx/amp/

I didn't take a pic of the sponge but that's where it was.

View attachment 377940

Needs a 2 pence piece to give us a better idea of scale

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody has splendid sponge puddings.. I supply the custard, usually, though I've heard the Verger occasionally comes up with some.

 

[mjr]

Including making the custard from scratch, not just Birds Custard Powder?

Home made ice cream by preference.

 

[Markymark]

A thread about the discovery that microwaves are really fast? I know that northerners are years behind us but is this 1983 and I've missed something?

In next weeks exciting thread we'll learn about a device that can record a program on tv to watch it later.

 

[mjr]

Also, how fast are you eating the main course if you want dessert 15 minutes later? Although I see that some of that is prep so you've actually only three minutes to serve and eat, or you're getting up halfway through a meal to cook more

If you serve and eat the main more quickly than the half hour or so to cook a pudding properly, that's good time to relax and talk to your family. And as usual for this forum, if you say you haven't enough time for that, try getting up earlier

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 4991314, member: 259"]Microwaves are amazing for steamed puds. This is the mother of all recipes from Barbara Kafka. View attachment 377967 [/QUOTE]

While Franz is churning out lightweight airport trash like Die Verwandlung the missus is on with worthy tomes on microwave cooking.