Seven cup pudding

Food by Lois

From the Spry cookery book… a recipe for six people (I thought it should be seven since it’s a seven cup pudding!)

  • 1 teacup flour
  • 1 teacup sugar
  • 1 teacup currants
  • 1 teacup raisins
  • 1 teacup Spry
  • 1 teacup breadcrumbs
  • 1 teacup milk
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon spice
  • ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 egg, beaten
  •  1 finely chopped apple
  1. grease a basin
  2. rub Spry, flour and breadcrumbs together
  3. add sugar, fruit, bicarb, apple, egg, milk and mix
  4. put mixture into basin, cover with greased paper
  5. steam for 3 hours

The recipe doesn’t specify but I would guess it would be served with custard!

11 Comments

    1. Lois
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      Spry is a vegetable cooking fat – I’m not sure it is still made, but I came across a little Spry cookery book which I think was published in 1937. I guess I’d use butter or margarine instead.

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      2. Lois

        I haven’t yet – we’ve had our window frames replaced and had to move lots of things, and as I was emptying my bookcase I came across the Spry book so I’m going to have a go at some of them – we have a family get together soon and everyone brings a cake, sounds an ideal opportunity to try – there is a saffron cake which sounds yummy, also a walnut cake!

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      4. Lois

        Well the recipe for walnut cake is just the basic sponge sandwich with 2 ounces of walnuts… the coffee cake is ditto but with a tablespoon of coffee essence… so it will be easy enough to combine the two!! I think I ought to have a practice bake before the family party… we ought to try it first, oughtn’t we 😉 !!

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