19^th Century: Queen of Puddings

A pudding with such a regal name must be of royal origin. Except it isn’t. Some claim it was invented in honour of Queen Victoria, but it wasn’t. Puddings using milk-soaked bread, custard and jam were plenty in historical cookery books. The first time one appears under the name queen of puddings is in Massey and Son’s Comprehensive Pudding Book, where it is named ‘A queen’s pudding’. The pudding is made of a layer of custard thickened