Steamed Jam Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup of raspberry jam,
125g of butter, chopped,
1/2 cup of castor sugar,
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence,
2 eggs,
2 cups of self raising flour,
1 cup of milk,
vanilla custard to serve.

Preparation

Grease a pudding basin or steamer. Spoon

jam into the base. Beat butter, sugar and

vanilla using an electric mixer until light and

fluffy, beat in eggs one at a time, until well

combined, fold in sifted flour and milk doing

this in two batches, spread mixture over jam,

cover the steamer or pudding basin with a

sheet of baking paper and foil over the top

and press firmly.
Place the basin into a large saucepan or

boiler, boil covered for about 1 1/2 hours or

until cooked. Stand for 10 minutes the turn out

onto a plate. serve with vanilla custard.