Michele's Beggar's Pudding
From: Aunt Cecile, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Comments: If desired, mix some blueberries or strawberries into the sauce.
  • 2 teaspoons [10 g] shortening or margarine
  • 1 egg, well beaten
  • 3/4 cup [150 g] sugar
  • 1 cup [140 g] flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • 1/3 cup [80 mL] lukewarm milk
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] vanilla
Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons [30 g] butter
  • 3 cups [750 mL] brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] water
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] chopped nuts or grated coconut
  • Into a casserole, bring together sauce butter, brown sugar and water to a boil.
  • Leave to simmer slowly for 8 minutes, remove from heat, and reserve sauce.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
  • Into a bowl, cream shortening or margarine.
  • Mix in well-beaten egg, then slowly beat in sugar.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Mix together lukewarm milk and vanilla.
  • Aternately with already mixed lukewarm milk and vanilla, slowly mix dry ingredients into egg mixture, until smooth.
  • Evenly pour dough into a greased pudding pan.
  • Mix chopped nuts or grated coconut into cooled sauce before pouring it, really slowly, all over dough.
  • Bake into preheated oven, for 30 minutes.