Banana butterscotch pudding

Serves 4-6 You will need:

125g plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 125g caster sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 very ripe banana, mashed 250ml milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 85g butter, melted

For the topping, you will need:

100g soft brown sugar 2 generous tablespoons golden syrup 150ml boiling water

To serve, you will need:

Vanilla ice cream or softly whipped cream 1 You will also need a 1.25L pie dish — 25cm round, or another shape. Preheat the oven to 180°C, 356°F, Gas 4. Sift the plain flour and the baking powder into a bowl and add the caster sugar. 2 In another bowl, mix together the beaten egg, the mashed very ripe banana, the milk, the vanilla extract and the melted butter. 3 Pour the egg, banana, milk, vanilla extract and melted butter mixture into the bowl containing the flour, baking powder and caster sugar mixture. Mix until combined. Pour this very wet dough — it’s more like a batter — into the pie dish and place the pie dish on a baking tray. 4 Next, make the topping. Put the soft brown sugar, the golden syrup and the boiling water in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to the boil, and then drizzle it all over the pudding. Bake the pudding in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, or until it feels slightly firm in the centre. 5 Serve the banana butterscotch pudding with vanilla ice cream or softly whipped cream. If you’re not going to serve the pudding immediately, keep it somewhere warm until you are ready — it sits quite happily for about half an hour.