Dessert Dish of South Africa

As my final dish for the southern region of Africa, I will be doing a recreation of Malva Pudding.  Desserts, in my opinion, is not my forte but I'm definitely up for a challenge.

The recipe I am relying on is linked below:

Malva Pudding

An alternative recipe (although it doesn't look that different)

Grandma's Malva Pudding

However, I am, once again substituting things to make things work.  I'm making my own cake flour.  Making cake flour is pretty simple and straight forward.  Take 1 Cup all purpose flour and remove 2 tbsp of that and replace it with 2 tbsp of cornstarch.  To ensure evenness, you would want to sift and transfer mix into another mixing bowl.

Carnation Thick Cream also gave me a bit of problems in my hunt for ingredients.  Ended up at World Market and found it there.  Yes, there is a difference between heavy whipping cream and thick cream.  And from what I had researched, thick cream is an Australian ingredient for desserts.  I, myself, did not even know there was a difference.

Also, take note that there is a difference between vanilla extract and vanilla essence. (so much technicality.... *sigh*)

Brown Vinegar is the same as malt vinegar (in case you wonder)

I will be garnishing my pudding with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

Off to baking and some reading.  Will update with pics and critiques from the "bottomless pit" soon!

Coming Next Week:  Foods of West Africa (will focus on the state of Morocco)!  Stay tuned and happy eating!

**UPDATE**

I had to concede and substitute a few things.  However, wow! It tasted so good....  My son is a picky eater normally and isn't into trying new things majority of the time.  This time around?  I got a smile and "Mommy, is there some more?"!  My husband gets home from work with dinner since I told him I have dessert taken care of.  He takes one bite and says "looks like we are eating backwards today"!  I turn around for not even a couple minutes and he cleaned his share.  I definitely look forward to making this one over again and ordering the ingredients I cannot find here locally.  I'm pretty sure the sauce would have been thicker if I actually used Thick Cream instead of Heavy Whipping Cream.  However, when the sponge cake part of the Malva Pudding started to absorb the heavy cream sauce, literally one bite leads to the inevitable.