10 Minute Sponge Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

100 g self raising flour
100 g unsalted butter
100 g sugar
30 ml milk
2 eggs (beaten)
vanilla essence (optional)
lemon zest (optional)
3 tablespoons golden syrup (or jam, maple syrup etc)

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the eggs and vanilla essence.
Add the flour, milk and lemon zest.
Put the golden syrup in the bottom of a two pint bowl.
Spoon the mixture on top.
Cover and place in the microwave.
Cook on high for 3.5 minutes. Sometimes, the pudding needs another 1.5 minutes on top of this.
Variations: Any flavourings can be omitted or added. For example, add raisins (leaving our the syrup) and you have spotted dick!