A treacle sponge pudding is a traditional British
dessert
Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal; the course consists of sweet foods, such as cake, biscuit, ice cream, and possibly a beverage, such as dessert wine or liqueur. Some cultures sweeten foods that are more commonly umami, ...
dish consisting of a
steamed sponge cake with
treacle
Treacle () is any uncrystallised syrup made during the refining of sugar.Oxford Dictionary The most common forms of treacle are golden syrup, a pale variety, and black treacle, a darker variety similar to molasses. Black treacle has a distinctiv ...
cooked on top of it, sometimes also poured over it and often served with hot
custard.
The dish has been
mass-produced and imported into the United States, and provided to consumers as a canned product that can be cooked in a microwave oven.
See also
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List of steamed foods
References
External links
Delia Smith Treacle sponge pudding recipe
British puddings
English cuisine
Custard desserts
Steamed foods
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