Poor Man's Pudding Cake (Pouding Chomeur)
Adopted recipe! A traditional French-Canadian recipe that is very common in Quebec. A syrupy "pudding" with a cakey topping. Very sweet.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutritioningredients for syrup
- 1 1⁄2cups brown sugar
- 1 1⁄2cups water
- 1⁄2teaspoon vanilla
ingredients for batter
- 3⁄4cup sugar
- 3⁄4cup milk
- 1pinch salt
- 1 1⁄2cups flour
- 2teaspoons baking powder
DIRECTIONS
- In a saucepan melt butter or margarine; stir in brown sugar.
- Add water and vanilla.
- Bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile, make the dough.
- Cream butter or margarine; add sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add to butter mixture alternately with milk.
- Pour syrup into a 9 X 13 baking dish.
- Drop dough by teaspoons over syrup.
- Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.