Nutcracker Pudding

Name: Nutcracker Pudding
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vanilla caster sugar; a pinch of salt; 2 tablespoons rum or brandy; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; oil for greasing; 2-3 tablespoons rum or brandy; 100 g (3½ oz) unblanched almonds, ground; 100 g (3½ oz) vanilla caster sugar, plus extra for dusting; 6 eggs, at room temperature, separated; 100 g (3½ oz) plain chocolate, refrigerated; 100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

A delicious steamed pudding with a lovely flavour from the nuts and chocolate. The inside is creamy which complements the steamed sponge. Serve it warm with brandy or rum flavoured whipped cream piled around its base.

Ingredients

For the pudding

100 g (3½ oz) butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
100 g (

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Butter and sugar a 1.1 kg (2½-pint) pudding basin or heatproof ring mould. Cream the butter until soft and then add the sugar and continue to beat until fluffy and light. Add the egg yolks, one at a time,