Nana Muriel’s Cottage Pudding

Last night I made my Nana Muriel’s Cottage Pudding for Xander for Valentine’s Day.  I’ve made this once or twice over the years and he’s really loved it, so I dug out the recipe and made it again.  It’s quite easy to make and is so tasty.  It reminds me of Sunday dinners at my Nana’s where she’d always serve this with a big smile because she knew it was one of my favorites.  It’s just a plain white sort of dense cake with a delicious sauce.  I’ve always described it as a caramel sauce but perhaps it’s more of a vanilla sauce.  Regardless, I could eat it until it comes out my ears.

So I’m going to share it with you!

Nana Muriel’s Cottage Pudding

Cake:

2 tbsp Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Milk
Pinch of Salt
Small amount of Vanilla

Mix the butter and sugar together and then add the rest and mix together until smooth.  Grease and flour cake pan (I use what I call the “small square one”, I know, so technical.  Just a small brownie sized square baking pan).  Bake at 350 (or 175 C) for 30 minutes or until it begins to brown on top and you can poke it with a toothpick and it comes out clean.

Sauce:

2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Brown Sugar

Combine the above ingredients over medium heat and stir until smooth (I melt butter, then add the flour and salt to it, mix them, and then add the brown sugar).  Allow to cook until it bubbles and then remove from heat.  Add 1 cup of boiling water, stir until smooth again and return to heat.  Boil until thick and add a small amount of vanilla.

When I make this I get 9 pieces of cake out of this recipe and we really like the sauce so one of those batches will yield (for us) 3 servings.

If you follow Weight Watchers here in NL like me, using those portion sizes it comes to 4 points per piece of cake, and 6 points per portion of sauce.  Not something to eat every day obviously, but worth it!  They are also quite big portions so it could easily be cut down to a more WW friendly size if you wanted to have it more regularly.  Personally, I prefer to just save the points and have it as a treat on a very rare occasion.  Keeps it special.

If you decide to try it, let me know how you like it!