Malva+Pudding


 * Malva Pudding**

Malva Pudding is a cake-like South African treat. This delicacy is believed to be from Dutch descent. When the Dutch colonized in South Africa around the 1600s, they brought this treat with them. Baking this dessert made them feel like they were at home. Now, Malva Pudding is a national cuisine. Most of the country's population enjoys this unique treat. It is so unique, in fact, that there is no dish comparable to it.

Not only is Malva Pudding delicious, it is also fairly simple to make. It is traditionally made with egg yolks, butter, flour, apricot jam or preserves, milk, and a bit of vinegar. These ingredients are mixed together to form a soft batter. This batter is then poured into a baking dish in which it is cooked until it is cake-like in appearance. In most restaurants the baking dish is much smaller to feed one person. During the cold months, it is traditional to serve the pudding with cream sauce, which is usually flavored with vanilla. However, in the warm months, people like to trade this cream sauce for ice cream.

While this dish is made in many places all over the globe, the center of it all is in South Africa. The most popular place to find Malva Pudding is in the city of Cape Town.