South African Roly-Poly Baked Dessert Recipe

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South African Roly-Poly Baked Dessert
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour (500 ml)
  • 3 tsp baking powder (15 ml)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick or 125 g or 4 oz)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water (375 ml)
  • 1 cup sugar (250 ml)
  • 2 tbsp butter (30 ml)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F/180 deg Celsius.
  2. Grease a suitable oven dish, like a rectangular Pyrex dish.
  3. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt, and rub in the butter. (Can be done in a processor, also the next step).
  4. Add the beaten eggs, and then just enough milk, tablespoon by tablespoon, to make a fairly firm dough.
  5. It's easy to watch in the processor: as soon as a firm ball forms which is not sticky, but soft, the dough is ready.
  6. Roll the dough out quite thinly - on a surface sprinkled with flour - and form a rectangle, by cutting off bits and adding it on again - you know how.
  7. Spread the dough with apricot jam.
  8. From one of the LONG sides, roll it up like a swiss roll.
  9. Cut this roll into 1 inch slices, using a serrated knife such as a bread knife. The jam WILL ooze out.
  10. Pack the slices, cut sides up, closely together, in the greased dish. Scoop the jam which oozed out on the surface you used, and just plonk back on to these rolls.
  11. In a pot, mix the boiling water (from your kettle), sugar, butter and vanilla and stir until sugar dissolves.
  12. With a tablespoon, ladle evenly over the slices of pudding, but beware: you will have more sauce than the baking dish can take. Usually you'll be left with about 3/4 cup. KEEP IT.
  13. Bake for about 40 - 45 minutes.
  14. When the sizzling pudding comes out of the oven, carefully pour the extra sauce over the centre slices: I find that, when baking, the sauce tends to pool on the sides.
  15. Now the hot pudding will absorb much of the leftover sauce in seconds. Use as much or as little as you like.
  16. Serve hot, with custard, ice cream or sweetened whipped cream.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 590.27 Kcal (2471 kJ)
Calories from fat 277.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.88g 48%
Cholesterol 105.41mg 35%
Sodium 1526.99mg 64%
Potassium 378.76mg 8%
Total Carbs 71.19g 24%
Sugars 19.78g 79%
Dietary Fiber 5.57g 22%
Protein 8.45g 17%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 3.6mg 20%
Calcium 276.2mg 28%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 293.18 Kcal (1227 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.02 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.34g 48%
Cholesterol 52.35mg 35%
Sodium 758.44mg 64%
Potassium 188.13mg 8%
Total Carbs 35.36g 24%
Sugars 9.83g 79%
Dietary Fiber 2.77g 22%
Protein 4.2g 17%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 1.8mg 20%
Calcium 137.2mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.6
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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