Chômeur Pudding

I had a crushing blow today. A professor whom I respect very much vetoed a paper idea I had calling it "too complicated" and "too difficult." I guess this is an instance where having an undergraduate degree already hurts me in this process, as the papers I'm sure he deems more acceptable and "doable" feel like grade school to me... But, as a consequence, I decided to say phooey to the French and go Quebecois tonight and drown my sorrows in "Chômeur Pudding" or literally "unemployed man's pudding."

I originally nabbed this recipe from the Post Punk Kitchen, an all vegan recipe site that I adore.
http://www.theppk.com/

Chômeur Pudding

For the cake:

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 c sugar
• 1 cup "milk" (soymilk if you're vegan)
• 4 tablespoons melted "butter" (margarine if you're vegan, gotta love Earth Balance)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons baking powder

For the syrup:

• 2 cups brown sugar (I use more like 1.5, and I use half light and half dark)
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon flour

In a large glass baking dish (tonight I used my Le Creuset skillet), place brown sugar and flour from the syrup ingredients in the bottom. Add the water.

Mix dry cake ingredients. Add melted butter and milk. Mix gently. Plop in about six lumps in water. Bake at 375 degrees, 30-40 minutes.