Puddings

The pudding chapter always seems to be the busiest. I start off with just a few ideas and then tend to get totally carried away, tasting and testing as many as possible. The puddings have taken one or two new directions – one of which is a sort of ‘afternoon-tea cake’ theme. Home-made Eccles Cakes, which are lovely to serve as a complete pudding with custard and extra-thick cream, Home-made Crumpets, Golden Ginger ‘Flapjack’ Cake, Black Treacle Loaf and Mini Madeira Prune Cakes are all well suited for puddings or to accompany a good pot of English tea.