Carrot and Dried Fruit Pudding

Name: Carrot and Dried Fruit Pudding
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 65 g (2½ oz) caster sugar; 200 g (7 oz) carrots, coarsely grated; 100 g (4 oz) dried figs, diced; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 100 g (4 oz) dates, diced; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 40 g (1½ oz) raisins; 65 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter; ½ teaspoon ground mixed spice; 2 free range eggs; 250 ml (8 fl oz) boiling water; 25 g (1 oz) stem ginger, diced; 175 g (6 oz) self-raising flour, sifted

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Vegetables

By Paul Gayler

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

100 g (4 oz) dates, diced
100 g (4

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Carrots have been used in sweet dishes for centuries and are a wonderful way of keeping cake mixtures moist. Here they are combined with sweet spices in a sumptuous baked pudding. Once you have tasted it you will want to make it again and again.

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5