Poor Man's Pudding

Submitted by Mary Butterfield

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups hot water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix 1 tablespoon butter, brown sugar and hot water in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining butter and sugar.
4. Add flour and baking powder alternately with milk.
5. Pour over brown sugar mixture in baking dish.
6. Bake 30 minutes.

Reviews

[annieb61]

Thank you, but no, this isn't it. It had no brown sugar in it I'm sure, and I don't even think it had any butter or shortening. It was rather a bland cake, what made it good was the mixture of the "pudding" on the cake. I appreciate your effort anyway. Annie