Steamed Syrup Pudding

Step 1: Pudding: Grease a 4 cup pudding basin.

Step 2: Sift flour.

Step 3: Beat butter and sugar well until creamy in texture.

Step 4: Add eggs one at a time beating well between each one.

Step 5: Fold in 1/4 of the flour, 1/4 of the milk and continue till all flour and milk is used. Mixture should be at a dropping consistency.

Step 6: Put mixture into greased pudding bowl. Cut and grease a circle of baking paper that will cover pudding bowl, put grease side down put lid on or cover with 2 layers of aluminum foil and tie around the bowl.

Step 7: Put pudding bowl into a saucepan of boiling water (make sure water comes 1/2 way up the pudding bowl) and gently simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Check occasionally to make sure water does not go too low.

Step 8: When cooked test with a skewer (should come out clean). Turn onto plate and cut to serve.

Step 9: Pour a little of the syrup on slice, then hot custard if having.

Step 10: Syrup: Combine golden syrup and honey in a microwave container and heat in microwave to combine OR.

Step 11: Combine golden syrup. honey and lemon juice in a heat proof container and sit container in a small pot of simmering water stirring to combine and melt to a runny consistency.