Poor Man's Pudding Cake (Pouding Chomeur)

Submitted by Barefoot Beachcomber

"Adopted recipe! A traditional French-Canadian recipe that is very common in Quebec. A syrupy "pudding" with a cakey topping. Very sweet."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• ingredients for syrup

• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

• ingredients for batter

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

directions

1. In a saucepan melt butter or margarine; stir in brown sugar.
2. Add water and vanilla.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Meanwhile, make the dough.
5. Cream butter or margarine; add sugar.
6. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
7. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk.
8. Pour syrup into a 9 X 13 baking dish.
9. Drop dough by teaspoons over syrup.
10. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.

Reviews

[Mehakpreet G.]

I was in grade #, when we were doing restaurant wars in which we had groups of 3-4 and we had to make up a french restaurant and my group chose to have a vintage restaurant and our's was a specialty dessert restaurant so we had to choose a type of french Canadian dessert from the websites our teacher had given us and this was one of the websites and when I looked up french Canadian desserts I came across this and it looked good so I asked my mom if we could try making this for my project and my mom agreed. When we actually made it, it tasted even better than it looked. I would definitely recommend this dish and recipe to others who want to try something new and amazing!

 

[Elly in Canada]

This is the exact recipe my Mum made for dessert many times when we were all young!! Made it for my husband, who loves sweets and he loved it too!! In the fall, Mum used to put some apples in the bottom of the baking dish, also yummy!!!! Pleasant memories with this one.. Thanks.....

 

[eglittergirl03]

Great recipe! I messed up with the ingredients so it wasn't too good but that was my fault.

 

[Colleen L.]

My grandmother used to make this about once a week. It is one of my most memorable deserts from my childhood. Unfortunately my family is aging and no one makes this now. I'm going to give it a try and hope it's as good as grandma used to make.

 

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