Tipsy Pudding Recipes

TIPSY PUDDING

Steps:

• There's alcohol in this pudding recipe but, if you prefer, you can heat the brandy in the sauce for a while and cook out the alcohol.Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a 20 cm baking dish.1. Put boiling water and the dates in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat, add the bicarbonate of soda and mix well. Allow to cool.2. Cream the butter, sugar and egg until smooth. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and fold into the butter mixture.3. Add the soaked dates and nuts and mix until well combined. Bake for 30 minutes or until the middle springs back when pushed down.4. Brandy sauce: Heat the sugar, butter, cinnamon and water in a saucepan until sugar has dissolved. Add the brandy and vanilla essence.5. Pour the warm brandy sauce over the baked pudding that's just out of the oven.

TRINIDAD TIPSY PUDDING

Steps:

• soak raisins in 1/2 cup of rum and wait until they plump up.
• make up red jello, pour into a square dish , place into fridge to set.
• make up other color jello, pour into a square dish place in fridge to set.
• put 1 cake round at base of a round glass bowl.
• cut 2 other cake rounds in half, and line sides of glass bowl.
• sprinkle rest of rum over cake base & sides.
• chop fresh fruit of choice.
• put layer of fruit on base cake.
• sprinkle some of the rum soaked raisins on top.
• pour on some firm cold custard.
• layer last round of cake on top.
• layer rest of fruit & raisins on top.
• pour on rest of cold custard on top.
• when set , cut jello into medium size squares.
• place jello squares on top.
• Add few bits of fruit for decoration or whipped cream.
• put into fridge to chill.
• BEST SERVED NEXT DAY.