This delicious Golden Syrup Cake with Homemade Pouring Custard is simple to make and tastes fantastic. The Golden Syrup Cake works out at only 26p per slice and the homemade custard is only 25p per serving.
Si if you want to know how to make golden syrup cake and delicious homemade vanilla custard, try this easy recipe.

Golden Syrup Cake

200g / 7oz Plain Flour 0.10
1 tsp Bicarb 0.03
2 1/2 tsp Baking powder 0.07
100g / 3.5oz Butter 0.75
100g / 3.5oz Brown Sugar 0.29
200g / 7oz Golden Syrup 0.42
1 Egg 0.13
150g Milk 0.09

Total Cost 1.88

7 slices at 0.26 Each.


Put the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan and melt over a medium heat then set it aside to cool.
Put the flour, baking powder, bicarb, egg and milk into a bowl and combine.
Add the sugar and syrup mix to the bowl and whisk together.

Pour the batter into a 2lb loaf tin and bake at 170c / 338f / Gas mark 4 for 45 50 mins low shelf in the oven.


Homemade Pouring Custard.

500ml Milk 0.25
100ml Double Cream 0.38
3 Eggs 0.39
2 tsp Vanilla Ex 0.12
50g Sugar 0.06
1 tsp Corn Flour 0.08

Total cost for 600ml 1.28
5 125ml servings 0.25 Each.


Beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence together to a smooth texture.
Put the cream and milk into a pan and heat to a point just before boiling and allow it to cool a little.
Gradually add the cream and milk to the other ingredients, stirring continually. Then add the cornflour mixed with a little cold water.
Return it to the pan and heat over a medium heat stirring continuously until it begins to thicken.


A really delicious golden syrup cake with homemade pouring custard which is really inexpensive, easy to make and delicious every time. At 26p per slice for this delicious dessert this really is baking on a budget.