Sugar Plum Pudding Recipes

PLUM PUDDING

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and spices. Mix together the rest of the ingredients, except the egg whites, adding just the yolks. Whip the egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter. Grease a pudding mold dredged with sugar and pour in batter. Cover the mold with its lid or cover tightly with foil. Steam for 3 to 4 hours, depending on the size of your mold. Serve hot with hard sauce. If you are not serving the pudding immediately, store in the refrigerator soaking in 1 ounce of brandy. Add 1 ounce each week.
• Serve with warmed Hard Sauce.
• Cream the butter in an electric mixer until pale in color. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the flavorings and mix in then adjust, to taste.

SUGAR PLUM PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• Mix dry ingredients with nuts, set aside.
• Beat eggs.
• Stir sugar, oil, and vanilla into beaten eggs.
• Stir in half of flour mixture until well blended.
• Add buttermilk, blend well.
• Add rest of flour mixture, mix well.
• Blend in prunes.
• Pour into greased pan (s).
• Bake 50-60 minutes.
• When done remove cake from oven.
• Put all topping ingredients into small saucepan heat on medium and bring to a boil.
• Pour 1/2 of mixture over top of cake.
• Pull cake away from sides of pan with a spatula or knife to allow liquid to soak in and around cake.
• Pour the rest of topping mixture over cake.
• Let soak overnight in refrigerator.
• Freezes well.

SUGAR PLUMS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs for 1 minute. Gradually add 1 cup sugar; beat 1 minute longer or until thickened. Stir in the almonds, coconut, dates and extracts. Transfer to an ungreased 11x7-in. baking dish., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until browned and a thermometer reads 160°. Remove from the oven; stir. Let stand for 6-8 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Cool completely on waxed paper. Store in an airtight container.

PLUM PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a 2 quart baking dish, stir together plums, 1 cup sugar, water, tapioca and cinnamon. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. (You can also cook the plum mixture in the microwave for 15 minutes.)
• Raise oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together baking mix, 3 tablespoons sugar, milk and melted margarine to form a biscuit dough. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto plum mixture. Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes, until golden brown. Let cool slightly before serving.