A Brooklynite in Sydney cooking up shockingly simple food in Italian proportions.
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Banana, Fig and Almond Self Saucing Pudding
I didn’t know what a self saucing pudding was until I got to Australia, I think it must be a British thing, or maybe I’m just a bit out of the loop. It’s like an awesome, no-fuss cake that all gets tossed into a pot. Everyone wins.
Ingredients (inspired from this recipe):
- 1.5 cups of flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 mashed bananas
- 1/4 cup chopped dried figs
- 1/4 cup almonds (mine were whole, but anything would do)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 cup water
- 2-3 cardamon pods
- 1 tsp cinnimon
Preheat oven to 200C / 375F.
In a pot, mix up the flour, regular sugar, baking soda, and baking powder. In a bowl, mix the bananas, figs, almond, eggs, and oil. Combine with the flour mixture. Heat up the remaining ingredients for about 5-10 minutes on the stove, remove the cardamon, and pour on top of the rest of the ingredients. Bake for about 45 minutes, and serve.
