Counsellor's Pudding

Ingredients

• Butter the inside of a mould thickly
• dried cherries or raisins halved and stoned
• a few macaroons
• a few ratafias
• slices of sponge-cake
• sponge biscuits
• bits of rich plum cake
• half milk
• half eggs
• flavour with orange-flower water
• sugar to taste
• a glass of liquor

Method

1. 1

   Butter the mould and line it with cherries, macaroons, sponge-cake, and other cakes.

2. 2

   Mix milk and eggs to soak the cake, flavour, and fill the mould.

3. 3

   Cover and boil for an hour.

4. 4

   Serve with melted butter sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 410. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Counsellor's Pudding.— Butter the in- side of a moidd thicklv; stick the inside all over cou ( 15G) COW as regularly as possible with dried cherries or raisins halved and stoned ; at the bottom, place in order a few macaroons and ratafias. Then line the sides with slices of sponge-cake, and fill the remaining space three-quarters full with sponge- cake, sponge biscuits, and Ijits of rich plum cake. If the latter are not at hand, a few washed currants may be sprinkled amongst the cakes. Mix together, half milk half eggs, as much as will soak the cake and fill the mould ; liavour with orange-flower water and sugar, or a glass of liquor

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.