Cream the butter and sugar together until butter is pale and soft

Beat in the apricot jam

Beat in the egg

Dissolve the Bicarb soda into the milk

Sift together the cake flour and salt and add to the batter alternately with the milk

Mix in the vanilla extract

Spoon the batter into an ovenproof bowl or individual ramekins that have been sprayed with non– stick spray

Pour half the caramel sauce over the batter

Bake the Malva pudding in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 35 min or until risen and golden brown

Remove from the oven and pour remaining sauce a little at a time until all the sauce is absorbed

Serve with whipped cream or vanilla bean ice-cream

Place all the ingredients together in a medium saucepan

Bring the sauce to the boil, stirring continuously

Reduce the heat and simmer for two minutes

Remove from heat and keep warm