{{short description|British dessert}} {{Infobox food | name = Treacle sponge pudding | image = Treacle sponge (4240114074).jpg | caption = | alternate_name = | place_of_origin = United Kingdom | region = | creator = | course = Dessert | type = Pudding | served = | main_ingredient = Sponge cake, Treacle | variations = | calories = | other = }} A '''treacle sponge pudding''' is a traditional British dessert dish consisting of a steamed sponge cake with treacle cooked on top of it, sometimes also poured over it and often served with hot custard.<ref>{{cite book | last=Mitchell | first=M.M. | title=The Treasure Cookery Book: Containing the Principles and Rules of Modern Cookery, Including Numerous Recipes | publisher=Longmans, Green and Company | year=1913 | url=https://archive.org/details/b21537987 | access-date=February 10, 2019 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/b21537987/page/329 329]-330}}</ref>
The dish has been mass-produced and imported into the United States, and provided to consumers as a canned product that can be cooked in a microwave oven.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gillin | first=Brett | title=I'm Eating What?! Treacle Sponge Pudding | website=New Times Broward-Palm Beach | date=August 5, 2009 | url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/restaurants/im-eating-what-treacle-sponge-pudding-6394402 | access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>
==See also== * List of steamed foods
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== External links == * [http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/steamed-treacle-sponge-pudding.html Delia Smith Treacle sponge pudding recipe] {{Puddings}}
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Category:British puddings Category:English cuisine Category:Custard desserts Category:Steamed foods
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