Forgotten Puddings?

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Rikki wrote: »

You can make both jam sponge and treacle sponge in a microwave in 3 minutes. Yum.

Wow - i didn't know this until i read it last night and then went and made one, fab, it tasted great and took next to know time. - many thanks.

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squeaky wrote: »

If you look in the Old Style Recipe Index under sweets you'll find full instructions for micrwave sponge puds and suet puds

You can find the recipe collections in my signature any time you see it or...

..you can use the Indexed Collections link in the Blue Bar at the top of every page which looks something like this:-

I also didn't know about all these recipes hidden away! - fab many thanks for highlighting this.

linni

My all time favourite is Gypsy Tart, do you remember it from school?

Thinking about it has made me hungry, excuse me while I go and make one!!

wogglemaker

Linni,

I'd forgotten all about this one, so went on a google, and the foody came up trumps.

GIPSY TART

1 400g (14oz) Tin of Evaporated Milk
340g (12oz) Dark Muscovado Sugar
1 10inch Pre-baked shortcrust pastry case
Pre-heat oven to 200°C: 400°F: Gas 6.
Whisk evaporated milk and sugar together for approximately 10 minutes
Until light and fluffy and coffee coloured.
Pour the mix into the pastry case.
Bake for 10 minutes.
The surface will appear slightly sticky but will set completely when left to cool.
Serve cold.
Serves 6

froogirl

Oh, this thread is making me hungry... I always have a plastic bag in the freezer into which I chuck stale crusts for bread pudding. But I think my downfall is going to be a book I bought in a charity shop recently - The Pudding Book by Helen Thomas. It's full of amazing stodgy recipes and I have declared this to be The Winter of Puddings in our house. I'm having great fun learning how to cook some old favourites, especially suet-based steamed puds.

Top of my list for experimentation at the moment is Sussex Pond pudding (steamed with a whole lemon in the middle) and trying to remember what goes into Dead Man's Leg. I also want to try making apple dumplings, which were apparently a 17th Century favourite.

In the meantime, I suppose I'd better busy myself converting all my waistbands to elasticated waists. Ho hum.

Jorgan_2

hilstep2000 wrote: »

I also make a welsh tea bread (no fat) it's one I used to make as a Tupperware demonstrator. I'll try and find the proper receipe and put it on here.:T

Would the Welsh tea bread be Barra Brith? I could eat a whole loaf of the stuff. My mum makes it, great when spread with a bit of butter.

http://www.trevor.jones4.btinternet.co.uk/Recipes/BaraBrith.html

sandraroffey

how strange, just the other day i was thinking about apple dumplings!!! my mum used to make them and i remember just how much i loved them. never made them myself but feel an urge to do so, coming on!!

suep

My DH loves bread pudding, I was brought up on it and he'd never had it until we got married. Now he makes it, he reckons his is better lol, as its the only thing he cooks I agree with him lol
sue

BigMummaF

Definately the weather for these luvverlee recipes isn't it

I've been yearning after Rice Cremola of late; the little shop I used to get it from has long since become an estate agents because of course, we all buy a house every week :mad: & the other ten or so agents just don't have the brand I like :cool:

Anyhoo, a quick search & I found this:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/08/16/cremola_feature.shtml

Sorry..can't do flash links

I was staying at mum's last week & she had some ods of a fruit loaf to use up so I made a little bread & butter pud that didn't need extra fruit or sugar, making it a fairly reasonable pud seeing she is a diabetic.

moanymoany

This is another from the Victory Cookbook.

Grate 1 large potato and 2 medium carrots
mix in 1 cup breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon SR flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
half teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix all these thoroughly

Put 2/3 tablespoons jam in a bowl and spread round to coat the inside.

Put the mix in the bowl and cover with greasproof paper

steam for 2 hours

I will let you know what it is like.