I’ve been enjoying experimenting with the mini-oven which we can use with the solar power but today there were cloudy skies and much needed rain.
I decided to bake a steamed sponge in the pressure cooker and looked around for some ideas. I first thought about cooking it in the normal way in a pan with boiling water but the recipes I looked at said it would take 2.5 hours. I didn’t have that much time so wanted to find a quicker method using the pressure cooker.
I made this and it came out fine.
STEAMED ORANGE SPONGE PUDDING
INGREDIENTS
- 100g butter
- 100g brown sugar
- 100g self-raising flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 4 tablespoons of marmalade
METHOD
- Boil some water in a kettle.
- Butter a pudding bowl.
- Cream together the butter and the sugar.
- Beat in the eggs.
- Add the flour and stir thoroughly.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and 1 tablespoon of the orange juice and the zest, and mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the pudding bowl.
- Cover the top with foil and place a plate on top.
- Add the boiling water to the pressure cooker.
- Place a silicone mat on the bottom of the pressure cooker.
- Lower the pudding bowl gently into the pressure cooker. The water should come half way.
- Secure the lid of the pressure cooker and bring up to pressure.
- Turn down the heat and cook for 50 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and leave for 5 minutes.
- Quickly release the pressure and remove the pudding bowl.
- Check to see that it is cooked and pour the rest of the orange juice over the top.
- Serve with cream.