Aunty Marinas' Steam Pudding

Written by: Marina Te Hei

Marina Te Hei (Waipiro) shares her recipe for steam pudding.

Ingredients

• ​2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 250gms butter
• 1 tsp spice
• 3 beaten eggs
• Burnt sugar syrup - 4 tblspn sugar (add more sugar if you prefer darker) don't burn longer than necessary it will taste burnt and bitter.  Add 1 cup of water to burnt sugar.

Place flour and sugar into bowl, rub in butter until resembles breadcrumbs, add mix spice and baking soda.  Make a well in the middle and add beaten eggs.  Lastly add burnt sugar.  It should have a runny to cake mix consistency.  Steam for 2 hours.