Best Tiny Tims Plum Pudding Recipes

Tiny Tim's Plum Pudding Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by chefjaci

Number Of Ingredients 20

HARD SAUCE:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cans (15 ounces each) plums, drained, pitted and chopped
1-3/4 cups chopped dates
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup dried currants
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup dark rum or orange juice

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine the bread crumbs, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and cloves; gradually beat into the creamed mixture. Fold in the plums, dates, raisins, carrots, currants and orange peel. Pour into a well-greased 8-cup pudding mold, metal gelatin mold or ovenproof bowl; cover tightly. Place on a rack in a stockpot; add 3 in. of hot water to pot. Bring to a gentle boil; cover and steam for 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, adding water as needed. Let stand for 5 minutes before unmolding. In a small bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar and rum until smooth. Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; cut into wedges. Serve warm with sauce. Yield: 12 servings (1-1/2 cups hard sauce).

A Small Plum Pudding image

Provided by Julie3551

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup breadcrumbs, bread raspings sound like dry bread crumbs
4 eggs
1/2 cup butter, originally 1 c beef suet
3/4 cup muscatel raisins, golden raisins might be an acceptable substitute
7/8 cup currants
1/2 cup sultana raisin, the total for the muscatels, currents, and sultanas is 1 1/2 pound, mix and match as desired
1 1/2 ounces candied peel, I plan to use 'that stuff they sell in tubs at Christmastime to make fruitcakes with.'
1/2 lemon, zest of, only, grated
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons brandy

Steps:

Mix brown sugar, bread crumbs, eggs and soft butter well.
Add remaining ingredients one by one, mixing well after each addition.
Tie up in a clean new buttered and floured pudding cloth OR place into buttered pudding mold(s) with cloth tied over top.
Boil (in a cloth) OR steam (in molds). Original recipe, four times this size, was to boil for four hours. Time should be shorter for a smaller amount.
Serve with Brandy Sauce.