| Generally known as cake and not pudding on the US side of the Atlantic, this traditional British dessert is a round of sponge cake that is saturated with a golden syrup known as treacle. Treacle , chocolate or strawberry. It makes what would otherwise be a plain and fairly dry dessert moist and sweet, so the combination of treacle and sponge is a time-honored British favorite. Come to think of it, the combination of treacle and nearly anything is a British favorite. "The treacle pudding is caramel-flavored, surprisingly moist and quite good, especially considering that it comes from a can. I worried that it might turn out dry after its long storage, but once the treacle heated up, moisture returned to the dessert, making it sticky and sweet, though the treacle had mostly been absorbed into the cake. It was a nice change of pace. Heinz puts out several other varieties of puddings, including chocolate sponge and spotted dick. |
