Opal McGhie's Floating Pudding

[kyrielle]

I've posted the image for this before, but here is the written form since I wrote it up for a friend this morning. This is one of the recipes I got from Mom. This can be made low-FODMAP, with appropriate substitutions, so I've noted that in the tags.

Ingredients:
Butter the size of a walnut (I go for 1-2 tablespoons, but just eyeball it; substituting Earth's Balance works fine)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour (gluten-free flour goes in fine)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp double acting baking powder
1/2 cup milk (lactose-free is fine)
2 cups berries (or other fruit - I've used peaches before and I think I'll try with bananas next)
1 cup boiling water or fruit juice
extra butter or sugar to taste (see instructions)
Oil or butter to grease dish.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a baking dish (8x8 or 9x9 works fairly well).
Cream butter and sugar together.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder.
Add flour mix alternately with milk, mixing well.
Cover the batter with the fruit, sugar to taste. Dot with butter.
Pour 1 cup boiling water or juice over all.
Bake for about a half hour, until the crust has browned nicely.