Plum Pudding this Christmas?

[LONDONER]

Yes, I can see that this one would profit from a day's rest to allow the moisture to even out and the flavors to blend.

What size pan do you use? 8 or 9 inch round, 10x5 or other size loaf, tube pan, bundt?

?Do you sprinkle the cake wiith booze or leave it Baptist?

You do ask the most difficult questions! The recipe I gave will fill an 18cms. X 29cms. (approx 7" X 11") pan. You can always half the amounts and use a smaller pan.

I leave it Baptist because I have friends who are teetotal.

[LJay]

Super! I have two 7x11 pans that need more use.

For your friends--a verse from the Song of the Temperance Union:

We never eat fruitcake because it has rum
And one little bite turns a man to a bum.
Now can you imagine a sorrier sight
Than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight?

[Pcolakuntryboy]

It does sound good, although I'd have to use pecans in place of walnuts (pecan trees everywhere here). Those dates are loaded with sugar though, so a diabetic would need to go easy on those.

[LJay]

The dates and the carrots both are full of sugar, but one bakes for fun, not to eat the results, right?