Yes I know, it's been a few weeks since Christmas, but this pudding is just so yummy to eat I've had to slice it and hide it away in the freezer. Snacking on it as dessert with brandy custard sauce on a nightly basis was not the best start to a healthy eating new year. But it is oh, so good.
I've never been one for baking or doing anything 'fancy' so when I decided to make this pudding for our family Christmas in 2011 I had no idea of what I was doing, or how it would turn out. I didn't own a pudding basin so I had to purchase one. I didn't realise that I needed one with a lid but I made do with a second layer of foil.
Apart from the length of time it took me to chop everything, it was surprisingly easy to make and once sitting in the pot, a simple matter of checking the water level every now and then. And it even turned out onto the plate in one piece.