Steamed Jam Pudding

• 1/2 cup of raspberry jam,
• 125g of butter, chopped,
• 1/2 cup of castor sugar,
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence,
• 2 eggs,
• 2 cups of self raising flour,
• 1 cup of milk,
• vanilla custard to serve.

1. Grease a pudding basin or steamer. Spoon
2. jam into the base. Beat butter, sugar and
3. vanilla using an electric mixer until light and
4. fluffy, beat in eggs one at a time, until well
5. combined, fold in sifted flour and milk doing
6. this in two batches, spread mixture over jam,
7. cover the steamer or pudding basin with a
8. sheet of baking paper and foil over the top
9. and press firmly.
10. Place the basin into a large saucepan or
11. boiler, boil covered for about 1 1/2 hours or
12. until cooked. Stand for 10 minutes the turn out
13. onto a plate. serve with vanilla custard.

raspberry, butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, milk, vanilla custard

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/steamed-jam-pudding-1213864 (may not work)