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Lemon Pudding | Steamed Lemon Pudding Cake

Lemon pudding which is a light sponge cake batter steamed in a heat safe bowl. The pudding is then soaked in a lemon sauce and served.
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Ingredients

For Pudding

  • ½ cup Unsalted Butter 115 grams
  • ½ cup Sugar 100 grams
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Lemon Zest
  • 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Self Rising Flour 120 grams (check notes for alternatives)
  • a pinch Salt a pinch

For Lemon Sauce

  • 6 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • ½ cup Water
  • 4 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Cornflour

Instructions

  • Take a heat safe glass bowl or pudding bowl. Line the bottom with a circle of parchment paper and grease it well with oil or butter. Set aside.
  • Beat butter, sugar and beat till creamy. Now add in salt and mix well.
  • Now add in lemon zest, eggs and mix well.
  • Add in self rising flour and mix well. Add in lemon juice and fold gently.
  • Spoon this in prepared pan.
  • Take a parchment paper and grease it with oil or butter. Place it over the pudding bowl and place a sheet of foil over it and press it well. Now seal with a elastic band.
  • Now take a large pot, fill with water ½ way, place a plate in the bottom. Place the bowl on top and cover with a lid. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 1 hour and 30 mins.
  • Now insert a toothpick to check whether the pudding is done.
  • Now remove it from pot and cool for 5 mins. Now run a knife around the edges.
  • Invert it over a plate.
  • Now make sauce, take sugar, lemon juice, water in a sauce pan and boil it for 5 mins. Now add in cornflour mixed with water into it and mix well.
  • Spoon this sauce over the pudding and serve.

Notes

If you don't have self rising flour, it is easy to make. Use 1 ½ cup of plain flour (maida) and add in a total of 2.5 tsp of baking powder and ¼ tsp of salt to the recipe.
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