Pudding

On the twelfth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Brandy Snap Baskets

The last in the 12 Days of Baking Christmas from The Pink Whisk.  

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Grandma’s Christmas Pudding

Grandma's Christmas Pudding
Okay, so here goes… I’ve never made a Christmas pudding before, quite frankly my Grandma makes the best puds in the stratosphere and the thought of a pressure cooker (and having to chisel pudding from my kitchen ceiling) fills me with dread!

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Peach and Blueberry Boy Bait

Guaranteed to catch boys, men, whatever you’re after catching!
Ingredients:
Cake

230g butter

250g plain flour

100g caster sugar

165g soft brown sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

3 large eggs, separated

240ml whole milk

225g fresh blueberries

1 x 225g tin of sliced peaches, drained weight
Jam

210g fresh blueberries

1 x 225g tin of sliced peaches, drained weight

65g caster sugar

1 ½ tbsp plain flour

1 ½ tsp lemon juice
Crumble

110g self raising flour

70g butter

85g brown sugar

½ tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp Demerara sugar

Preheat the oven to 180c/160c Fan/ Gas Mark 4.  

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Chocolate Pudding Teacups

Okay, I admit it, I’m obsessed with vintage teacups! For some girls its shoes, handbags but of late for me its lovely pretty little tea sets.  I can’t pass the charity shop and leave a set looking lonely and forlorn in the window and although I drink a lot of tea I’m more of a mug kind of girl.

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Bread & Butter Pudding Cupcakes

I like unusual stuff, especially when it works (okay then only when it works!) So, from me to you comes Bread and Butter Pudding Cupcakes – Bread and Butter Pudding on the go!

Ingredients:

100g Caster Sugar
40g Plain Flour
100g Unsalted Butter (melted)
300g Bread (cut into bitesize cubes)
225ml Double Cream
225ml Milk
4 Eggs (Beaten)
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 ½ tbsp Baking Powder
Grated Zest of one Lemon
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
80g Raisins
1 Apple (peeled and diced)

Icing Sugar to dust

Preheat oven to 180c/160c Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4.

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