British holiday traditions are the inspiration for this moist, dense steamed cake packed with brandy-soaked currants, raisins, and figs. This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes ...

Darlene Lanford from New Market, Tenn., was looking for a recipe for what she called Plum Nut Bread Pudding. She said that when she was a child, her mother used to take her to a store in her hometown ...

Dear Lynne: I am a BIG fan of plum puddings, but every recipe I have ever seen has no plums in it. Why are there no plums in plum pudding? -- Mary in Tullahoma, Tenn. Dear Mary: You, me and a lot of ...

If California has an emblematic Christmas feast, a holiday tradition that captures the spirit and history of this state of displaced people, it might well be the Bracebridge Dinner at Yosemite’s ...

At Palmer family Christmas dinners, we have a habit of burning the dessert. By the time the plum pudding rolls around, we’re all jolly, stuffed and drunk — on both liquor and holiday cheer. Inevitably ...

1. Place the apricots and syrup in a blender and blend until smooth. 2. Combine the apricot purée, brandy, apricot jam, cinnamon sticks, vanilla bean, cloves and ginger in a medium saucepan over ...

. Cloves, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, candied mixed fruit peels, and soaked nuts lemon zest, lemon juice, orange juice and Dark rum in a large bowl and mix well. . Beat butter and sugar in another bowl ...

In a suitably sized bowl, combine all the dried fruit along with the powdered suet, lemon zest, bread crumbs, sugar, mixed peel and cherries and mix well. Beat the eggs together and add to dry ...