Jelly pudding with vanilla sauce

 Another one from grandma Petro's files. In my copy, I made a note that I made it with pineapple jelly and that it was too sweet, so the sugar should be reduced. See notes below.

Batter:

2 T butter

2.5 T sugar

3 eggs, beaten

50 ml apricot jam

1 t baking soda

1/4 cup milk

100 ml flour

salt

nutmeg

Dissolve the baking soda in the milk. Cream butter and sugar and add eggs one by one. Add jam. Sift the dry ingredients and take turns adding bits of dry ingredients and milk mixture to the egg mixture. 

Syrup:

1 packet orange jelly

1/2 cup sugar (can probably reduce this to 1/4 cup)

500 ml boiling water

1 T lemon juice

1 T butter

Mix everything and bring to the boil.

Add syrup to a greased baking dish. Spoon the batter into this and bake 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

Serve with vanilla ice-cream, or vanilla sauce:

125 ml sugar

1 T maizena

1 cup boiling water

1 T butter

1 T vanilla extract

pinch of salt

2 T cream

Mix sugar and maizena. Add the water bit by bit and stir until sugar dissolves. Boil for 3 minutes and remove from heat. Add butter, vanilla, salt and cream and mix after each ingredient is added. Keep stirring until butter is melted.

Keep warm over a bowl of hot water and serve warm. Cover while keeping warm.