Our Grandma Adelaides Old Fashioned Plum Pudding Recipes

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.

Steps:

• PUDDING: Heat oven to 350°F. Combine bread and raisins in large bowl. Combine milk and 1/4 cup butter in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat until butter is melted, about 4 to 7 minutes. Pour milk mixture over bread; let stand 10 minutes. Stir in all remaining pudding ingredients. Pour into greased 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until set in center. SAUCE: Combine all sauce ingredients except vanilla in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil, about 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in vanilla. To serve, spoon warm pudding into individual dessert dishes; serve with sauce. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Generously grease an 8-cup pudding mold, metal gelatin mold or ovenproof bowl; set aside., In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, mix bread crumbs, flour, orange zest, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in plums, dates, raisins, carrots and currants., Transfer to prepared pudding mold. Cover tightly with heavy-duty foil; tie foil with kitchen string to secure., Place on a rack in a stockpot; add 3 in. hot water to pot. Bring water to a gentle boil; steam cake, covered, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 2 to 2-1/2 hours, adding more water to pot as needed. Remove pudding from pot; let stand 5 minutes before unmolding., Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat hard sauce ingredients until smooth and creamy. Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; serve warm with sauce.

Steps:

• Soak the Candied orange and lemon rinds, sultanas, raisins, currants and apples in the rum and the Guiness overnight.Do not drain.
• In a large bowl, mix the breadcrumbs,suet,.
• flour, ginger, apple pie spice,sugar, slivered almonds and the rinds of the lemon and orange.
• Add the orange and lemon juice, the beaten eggs and the soaked fruit with the soaking liquor. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
• Pour into white earthenware pudding basins and press down into the bowls.
• Cover with greaseproof paper and cover tightly with foil, wrapping cooking string tightly around the rim of the bowls.
• To cook, immerse the bowl into a large saucepan of simmering water for 4 hours. Make sure the water only comes 3/4 up the side of the bowl and cover the saucepan tightly.
• IMPORTANT: Do not let the saucepan boil dry; keep topping with water when needed. And keep the water at a low simmer, you dont want the water to cover the top of the pudding.
• To serve remove bowls from the water, let cool slightly and remove foil and greaseproof paper . run a thin knife around the edge of the pudding and invert onto a serving platter.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Put in well-greased plum pudding pan or mold and steam for 5-6 hours. Sauce: Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Add boiling water. Then slowly add butter to mixture. Stir well. Add rum; serve hot over plum pudding. Fun Fact: Gold mining in Nevada is a major industry, and one of the largest sources of gold in the world. Nevada currently produces 80% of all the gold mined in the United States. Although Nevada was known much more for silver in the 1800s, many of the early silver-mining districts also produced considerable quantities of gold.