Easy treacle sponge

Made this last Sunday for desert. Only gave it 4* because there wasn't a lot of sauce once cooked. Will put less breadcrumbs next time. But overall delicious and easy to make.

This is delicious made as is - adding dates and crystallised ginger is a great twist. Make sure you use a deep enough dish as the sponge rises and the syrup can bubble over. Cooking times need to be adjusted if using a ceramic dish and I'd recommend using ceramic to prevent the syrup from burning

Made this as an emergency pudding for Sunday lunch. Didn't have a lemon so used a lime instead and substituted half the butter with coconut oil. It was lush, and was a big hit with everyone.

Very easy to make but took much longer than the 40 minutes stated, was around 75 minutes so the top was very overdone and the syrup very thick. Despite this, the kids loved it!

So easy to make...my 4 year old helped me! Kept everything aś per recipe but doubled the syrup...even though checked with a skewer Twas a but soggy in the middle so really needed a bit longer with extra syrup. Went down well with all ages.

Not a patch on my grandma's baked syrup sponge! And if you make it in a greased pudding basin it's so much easier and you don't need to faff about with breadcrumbs. Oh, and 250g syrup! Two tbsp is plenty.

I made this for my grandfather's card playing group and it went down a storm - everyone had seconds! The sauce at the bottom went beautifully with custard, but next time I will probably try using half the quantity of breadcrumbs as it was a tad thick. Overall, a real crowd pleaser and a cosy and wholesome after dinner treat! :D

This sponge came out very tasty but took a lot longer to cook than the stated 40 mins. It may have been because we used a glass pyrex dish, but it took a good 1hr - 1hr 15 mins for the centre to cook properly. And by then the edges of the sponge had lost a lot of moisture. I would definitely try it again using a different dish as it is worth the taste! I made it for 2 people so halved the cake mixture but kept the same quantities of the syrup mixture.

Yum. Made half the quantity of sponge but kept the syrup part as the full amount. Taking note of the comments, I added only a small amount of breadcrumbs and only a dash of lemon juice. Really delicious.

I made this exactly as Shellie below suggested. I needed to serve 4, so I used the full recipe amount for the treacle but halved the sponge ingredients. I used an 8 inch casserole dish. It was perfect! (I first tried this a while ago as per the recipe and found it tasty, but a bit dry). Love the lemony kick in the sauce.