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The
syrup sponge pudding was met with the electric pressure cooker in this delicious instant pot molasses sponge pudding
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Take a trip down memory lane to your favorite school dinners and make this classic steamed sponge pudding for dessert tonight.
Treacle Instant Pot Sponge Pudding
What my kids like the most is when we are trying some new desserts for you. Because many of the ingredients are often similar, we often try several desserts in one day.
In October, that day was instant
strawberry cheesecake, instant pot banoffee cake, and the day we made three different steamed sponge puddings in the instant pot
.
One was, of course, this treacle sponge pudding, and the others were instant sticky caramel pudding and instant jam steamed pudding.
Of course, The best thing was the whole tasting, and then reheat and enjoy all these delicious desserts for a few days.
Although a few months later, what remains in my memory is how amazing the instant pot is to make great desserts easier.
That you can steam your desserts compared to how you would traditionally cook them and how grateful I am to have found the instant pot in 2016 and found a new way to cook.
Today’s recipe for treacle sponge pudding is the last of that fun-filled day and we hope you enjoy this old-fashioned British dessert as much as we have eaten it.
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What is Treacle Sponge Pudding?
Treacle Sponge Pudding
is a steamed sponge pudding that has a layer of golden syrup. The golden syrup creates a delicious sticky icing for the steamed pudding while cooking.
But what is confusing for many, is that there is no treacle in a treacle sponge pudding. Instead, molasses is replaced with golden syrup.
Because of this, treacle sponge pudding goes by many names. It is also known as syrup sponge pudding or golden syrup sponge pudding. Although keep in mind that everything is one of the same.
Maple syrup steamed pudding
You can also transform it into maple syrup steam pudding. All you would do is swap the golden syrup for maple syrup and then everything else is cooked the same way.
I’ve also done the maple syrup version, but I prefer the taste of golden syrup.
The
best way to cook steamed treacle pudding is to use an instant pressure cooker or other similar electric pressure cooker. For example, this steamed treacle sponge can also be made with the Ninja Foodi.
The idea is that you prepare yourself in steaming pudding bowls and then lower them into your pressure cooker with plenty of water and vaporize under pressure. Although on the recipe card below, we will go into detail about this, so that it can be very easy for you.
It is much faster and easier compared to the old-school method of steamed puddings on the stove.
Plus, you’re not limited to a treacle sponge, as you can make any pressure cooker steamed pudding.
Which bowl of steam pudding to use?
I got some really good bowls of steam pudding from my local Morrisons supermarket and fell in love with them.
Here’s our
bowl of steamed pudding ready for your pudding mix:
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Although these on Amazon also look pretty fantastic and come at a great price
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What you should look for are bowls of steamed pudding that last, so you can make a lot of steamed recipes on it, as well as fit well in the instant pressure cooker.
You can also get some smaller ones and make cute individual steamed puddings as well. Or do what we’ve done and make a big steamed sponge pudding for all of us to share.
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Treacle Pudding Recipe Ingredients
Syrup – The first ingredient that goes into your bowl of steamed pudding is your golden syrup. I love buying the squeezed bottles as it makes it so much easier to cook and you don’t have as much sticky clutter in your kitchen.
Sugar – To make an easy treacle sponge, you’ll need some melted sugar. It does the best job making cakes or sponges and creates the perfect steamed sponge too. I always have a big bag in my kitchen cupboard.
Flour – And just like any sponge cake, you’ll need a little flour to combine it all. But unlike many cakes, like our air fryer chocolate cake, you only need a small portion of flour.
Eggs: You will also need 1 large egg at room temperature to beat the dough. As well as a small portion of milk to make it creamy.
Butter – A small amount of butter is also required and, again, much better if it is at room temperature, but of course it is not essential.
Then, for the kitchen gadgets we’ve used in this treacle steamed pudding recipe, it just became our Instant Pot. We have this one and it’s my favorite and great for desserts and so ridiculously quick to make a steamed pudding.
Also, we recommend that you head to our instant pot recipe category, as we have many electric pressure cooker recipes and have been using instant cookers for 5 years.
How to make a Treacle sponge?
- Batter. Beat the sugar and butter in a bowl and then add the egg and beat until smooth. Then add the flour and mix gently with a fork. Before finishing with the milk.
- grease. Use some extra virgin olive oil spray to grease your pudding bowls.
- wrap. Add the golden syrup to the bottom of pudding bowls. Then load the pudding mixture into the pudding bowls and then wrap it tightly in aluminum foil. Then lower the pudding bowls over the trivet inside the instant pot.
- cook. Pour enough boiling water to cover up to 1/4 of the bottom of the vaporizer container, and then put the lid on the instant pot, place the valve in sealing and cook under pressure for 25 minutes.
- custard. Make a quick release of pressure, and then, after removing it from the instant pot, load into bowls with custard.
And I’m sure you can now see how simple and quick it is to make treacle steamed pudding, especially if you use the instant pot for cooking.
How long to steam a pudding in a pressure cooker?
The ideal cooking time for a steamed pudding in the pressure cooker is ONLY 25 minutes. Even better, no natural pressure release is required.
This means you can pressure cook your steamed pudding recipe and then make a quick release of pressure.
There is also time to press, but we speed this up by using boiling water in the instant pot.
Can Treacle sponge pudding be reheated?
Yes, you can reheat your treacle sponge pudding
or you can make your treacle sponge and then reheat it later
.
It doesn’t take long to reheat your pudding steamed and we did it in JUST 2.5 minutes in our microwave
.
Treacle pudding recipe tips and
- tricks I recommend (if you have one) that you use a trivet with side handles. Then it is much easier to lift the pudding steamed with syrup in and out of the instant pot.
- Although I used the instant pot, this golden syrup steamed pudding recipe will work with any electric pressure cooker.
- You can bring any favorite steamed pudding to the pressure cooker. Just use our times and cooking method and mix and match.
- It’s easier if you use egg and butter at room temperature.
- I recommend using a classic bowl of steamed pudding. You can also use them for other steamed puddings and even salted in the instant pot.
- The best way to grease your pudding bowl is to drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and then sprinkle with flour.
Interesting instant pot
trick: Use hot tap water when filling the instant pot. If you don’t, it will take forever to heat all that water and bring it under pressure.
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