Add breadcrumbs to bottom of a pudding bowl and stir in golden syrup until covered.
Cream butter and sugar. Stir in eggs one at a time.
Add flour and salt and fold into the mixture.
Add milk and fold in to incorporate but do not overwork the mixture.
Spoon over the golden syrup.
Grease a sheet of baking foil and fold a pleat. Repeat with baking paper. Place over the pudding basin and secure tightly with string. The pleat will allow the pudding to rise without spilling over the sides if the bowl during cooking.
Place pudding bowl into a large pan and pour in boiling water half way up the pudding dish. Cover pan with a lid.
Simmer on a low heat for 90 minutes. Make sure the water remains topped up to the half way mark. If the pan needs to be topped up, do so with boiling water only.
