Australian Hasty Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
125 ml sugar
1 egg
250 ml self-raising flour
60 ml milk
2 tablespoons golden syrup

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C.
Melt butter, add sugar and egg. Beat briskly then add flour, and then milk. Beat to batter consistency.
Pour golden syrup into a buttered/greased small pie dish (my Granny used an old enamel baking dish that holds about two cups of liquid - it's important the dish is not too shallow and the batter not spread too thinly) and allow to settle, then pour batter on top of golden syrup.
Bake for about 25-30 minutes. It should have a crisp, golden crust (almost biscuit-like) and a soggy bottom. Spoon straight from pie dish into bowls and serve with ice-cream or cream and a little extra golden syrup.