One more capture of the malva pudding. The buttery ring that you see inside the oven container is the sauce. A bit more on the history of the malva pudding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_pudding Malva pudding Place of origin South Africa Serving temperature Hot Main ingredients flour, sugar, milk, apricot jam Cookbook: Malva pudding Media: Malva pudding Malva pudding is a sweet pudding of Cape Dutch origin. It contains apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture. A cream sauce is often poured over it while it is hot, and it is usually served hot with custard and/or ice-cream. Many South African restaurants offer it. It is of Cape Dutch origin with many additions which may differ from one area to the next, e.g., ginger. It has many variants, such as the Cape brandy pudding, which also includes brandy and dates, and the tipsy tart, which contains only brandy. The pudding gained popularity on the West Coast of the US after Oprah Winfrey's personal chef, Art Smith, served it for Christmas dinner in 2006 to the pupils of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.[1] There are various theories on the origin of the name. � The Oxford English Dictionary says it comes from Afrikaans malva, meaning "marshmallow" (ultimately from Latin malva, a mallow).[2] This may arise from a resemblance between the pudding's texture and that of a marshmallow or a similar Afrikaner sweet, the malvelekker, made with the extract of marsh mallow.[3] � Malva is also Afrikaans for geranium (in the broad sense, including Pelargonium).[4] Another botanical theory is that the batter was originally flavoured with the leaves of the lemon- or the rose-scented geranium, varieties of South African native plants.[3] � Art Smith said that according to Colin Cowie, his hospitality ambassador in South Africa, the pudding was named after a woman called Malva.[5] � Another theory is that the sauce originally contained Malvasia (malmsey) wine. Proponents of this theory include brandy or sherry in the sauce.[3] � Still others suggest that the pudding was originally accompanied by Malvasia wine.[6 The malva pudding recipe. Enough for 8 people. Preperation time: 12 minutes Baking time: 50-55 minutes 30 ml (2 tablespoons) butter, 250 ml (1 cup) sugar, 2 eggs , 30 ml (2 tablespoons) vinegar, 10 ml (2 teaspoons) bicarbonate of soda, 60 ml (¼ cup) apricot jam, 500 ml (2 cups)flour, 250 ml (1 cup) milk, pinch of salt SAUCE 500 ml (2 cups) milk, 375 ml (1½ cup) boiling water, 375 ml (1½ cup) sugar, 60 ml (¼ cup) butter, 45 ml (3 tablespoons) vanilla � exstract. Preheat the oven to 180° C.Grease a oven container with spray and cook. Cream the butter, sugar and eggs together. Mix the vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and add the apricot jam. Sift the flour in a container. Add the creamed butter and apricot mixture together and mix while you add the milk and salt to the mixture to form a batter. Pour the batter in the pre prepared oven container and bake for 55 minutes or till it is golden brown. Bring die ingredients to boiling point in small pot while you stir it regularly. Pour the sauce over the pudding when it comes out of the oven. Serve hot with ice cream or custard. My wife adds less sugar in the sauce as this is a very sweet pudding because there is sugar in the mixture and in the sauce. God bless.