A great winter bake: warm peach and ginger flavoured pudding.

Ingredients

• 125 ml (½ C) butter, softened
• 375 ml (1½ C) cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3 x 410 g cans Rhodes Quality Peach Slices in Syrup
• 125 ml (½ C) buttermilk
• 375 ml (1 ½ C) cake flour
• 5 ml (1 t) bicarbonate of soda
• 5 ml (1 t) baking powder
• 2.5 ml (½ t) salt
• 5 ml (1 t) ground cinnamon
• 2.5 ml (½ t) ground nutmeg
• 2.5 ml (½ t) ground ginger

to serve: custard or ice cream

Method

1. Beat the butter and sugar together until the butter is pale.
2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt and spices together.
4. Add 250 ml (1 C) of the flour mixture to the egg mixture.
5. Puree the syrup and fruit of one 410 g can of Rhodes Quality Peach Slices.
6. Add the buttermilk.
7. Add the pureed Rhodes Quality Peaches to the batter and mix well.
8. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat until well combined.
9. Drain the two remaining 410 g cans of Rhodes Peach Slices and place the peach slices at the bottom of a baking dish that has been sprayed with spray and cook.
10. Pour the batter over Rhodes Quality Peach Slices.
11. Place the baking dish in a larger shallow roasting pan.
12. Add hot water to the roasting pan so that it comes up to about half way on the baking dish.
13. Bake in an oven that has been preheated to 180°C for 50 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
14. Serve warm with custard or ice cream.