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Malva Pudding

South AfricaSouth African cuisine
A Dutch import, malva pudding is a sweet and sticky baked sponge pudding made with apricot jam and served smothered in a hot cream sauce. This is South Africa's answer to the British sticky toffee pudding, served in …
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Malva pudding is a cake or pudding of South African cuisine. It contains apricot jam and has a spongy caramelised texture. A cream sauce is always poured over it while it is hot, and it is usually served warm with cold custard and/or ice-cream. Many South African restaurants offer the dish, which is thought to originally be of Dutch and Cape Dutch origin.

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