Self-saucing Cherry Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (19 ounce) can cherries, drained (reserve liquid)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons flour
• water
• red food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 spread the drained cherries evenly in the bottom of a deep 9 x 9 greased baking dish.
• 2 to prepare batter, cream together the 3/4 cup sugar and butter until well blended, then stir in milk.
• 3 sift 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt over creamed ingredients. combine thoroughly until batter is smooth.
• 4 turn batter over cherries and smooth evenly with back of spoon.
• 5 to make topping, mix together 1/4 cup sugar and 2 1/2 tbsp flour. sprinkle it evenly over top of batter.
• 6 pour reserved cherry liquid in a 2 cup measure and add enough water to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid.
• 7 heat this liquid in a saucepan until boiling, then remove from heat and stir in red food colouring.
• 8 slowly, with a back and forth motion, pour liquid all over top of batter.
• 9 bake at 350 for 45 minutes.