Alternative to Heinz Tinned Sponge Puds?

Si_Clist

Since the dastardly Heinz company stopped making their tinned sponge puds, there's been an obvious omission from our prepping shopping list. I know you can get sponge puds which go in a microwave, but we don't have a microwave.

So, the question is - is there any sort of sponge pud type thing readily available which has a reasonably long shelf life and doesn't need a microwave to heat it?

janb5

These are much nicer HM.. have a look on the BBC website.

Si_Clist

janb5 wrote: »

These are much nicer HM.. have a look on the BBC website.

Ermmm ... :think:

tboo

janb5 wrote: »

These are much nicer HM.. have a look on the BBC website.

Home made are nicer but they don't have a long shelf life.

I haven't got any for years so hadn't realised they had gone, boo

I do stock up on tinned rice pud, semolina etc All yummy

Gu have an oven chocolate pud - no idea on the shelf life or if they are what you're after

Si_Clist

Ah. Sorry, I don't seem to have made myself clear. I know sponge puds are much nicer home made, but what I'm after is an alternative to the Heinz tinned puds - something sweet and filling that has a long shelf life and can be can be got ready to eat by just plonking it in boiling water in a pan while you get on with something else.

VfM4meplse

Si_Clist wrote: »

Ah. Sorry, I don't seem to have made myself clear. I know sponge puds are much nicer home made, but what I'm after is an alternative to the Heinz tinned puds - something sweet and filling that has a long shelf life and can be can be got ready to eat by just plonking it in boiling water in a pan while you get on with something else.

Chocolate has a long shelf life and requires less prep.

Cake in a tin can is just so very wrong

Si_Clist

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Chocolate has a long shelf life and requires less prep.

Indeed it does. But it's not a pudding.

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Cake in a tin can is just so very wrong

If you say so. But I'm talking about pudding, and when there's no power, all you have to cook on is a wood stove, you're not feeling very well and you fancy a substantial hot pud - not chocolate, not cake, but a pudding - the question is what's available that doesn't need a microwave?

-taff

You could probably get frozen in plastic tub sponge puddings, I got one from Iceland a few months ago [haven't eaten it yet] . I expect the plastic will withstand steaming if not on the bottom of the pan, much as the christmas pudding containers do.

Owain_Moneysaver

I had thought about home canning cake ... but a quick google produced very credible warnings about the danger of botulism.

If you have a ready-made pancake batter mix, it probably isn't any slower to make up a batch of pancakes than heat a tinned pudding through.

There are also recipes for microwave-in-a-mug cakes, which you might be able to keep as a dry mix (using dried milk or egg powder?). That does require a microwave, of course, and they need electricity.

suki1964

Im sure there are long life puddings in the tinned fruit aisles that are in plastic containers that can be plunged into hot water ( probably does say best results microwave but Im sure we used to stick them in pans of boiling water when camping )

Cornucopia

Christmas Pudding comes in a sealed plastic container that keeps for months in a cupboard.