Frugal Dessert Recipes

Credit: Celeste Lidell

Some time ago, when my daughter asked me if we could make up a batch of poor man's pudding (pouding chômeur) we realized we couldn't find her favourite recipe for it. So, I went looking for one on the internet. What I came up with was one that looked more or less right, but was subtitled "war cake." Figuring it was all the same thing, I printed off the recipe and gave it to her to make.

I kept an eye on her while she baked, and there didn't seem to be much difference in the procedure, other than that she baked this cake in loaf pans rather than a rectangular cake pan. This cake came out very different from the syrupy cake we usually make, though! It was a moist loaf, almost the colour of molasses, but tasted very similar to banana bread.

Here is our variant on the recipe we found.

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