Using up leftover cake

Bakerella's mini cupcakes - just too cute! apparently there is also a cake crumb truffle recipe on there somewhere too, but i haven't had time to look for it.

cake / bread pudding

and my version:

Almond & White Choc Pudding


100-150g white chocolate, melted
2 eggs, lightly beaten with
1/2 tpsn ground cinnamon
1/4 tspn ground cardamom
1/4 cup ground almonds
1 1/2 cup milk
(i think some sort of liqueur in this would be delish!)
in a cooking dish big enough to cook the pudding, mix the chocolate into the other ingredients (it will set slightly but that's fine)

cut into 2cm dice around 2 1/2 cups of cake - i used butterscotch almond cake - and add to the egg mix. let sit for a few minutes then gently stir to ensure all cake gets soaked in egg mix

sprinkle the top with some dark chocolate chips if desired, and around 2 tspns of brown sugar

bake for about 25 mins in a 160' oven, until it is just set but still soft in the middle. serve warm or cold.

oh and Sal and Dixie - how do you do that blog follower thing? i can't work it out! lol

Self Saucing Puddings

I haven't made the chocolate one, but have made the butterscotch one several times - yum :)

thanks to alex, who got them from someone else on eb ;)

Self Saucing Butterscotch Pudding

Base
1 cup SR four (you might like to sift first)
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tspn salt
2 level tspns melted butter
1/2 cup milk

Mix together and place in greased oven proof dish.

*(Although when I made it I mixed all the ingredients in the ovenproof dish and didn't bother greasing it and it worked fine)

Sauce:
2 tbspsn golden syrup
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 tbspn butter

Place sauce ingredients in saucepan, stir over low heat until melted, pour over pudding gently and bake in oven at 180 for 30 to 35 minutes.


Thats it very simple and very yummy! I was actually really dubiouse about it but honestly it was really good, especially for cold nights tongue.gif We served ours with some vanilla ice cream.

Oh also worth a go, one my mum use to do for us, just as simple and yummy.

Chocolate self saucing pudding

1 cup self raising flour
1 dessert spoon Cocoa
1 teaspoon coffee
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
2oz melted butter

In an oven proof dish mix all the dry ingredients. Add the egg, milk and butter, stir well.

In a seperate bowl mix 1/2 cup sugar, 2 dessertspoons of cocoa and 2 teaspoons of coffee. Pour over the cake mixture and gently even it out (kinda like a layer ie don't mix it in with the cake mixture). Pour over 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Bake in a moderate oven (350f - 180c) for about 40 minutes.

We also have this with vanilla icecream

Mum’s Christmas Pudding

220g raisins
220g sultanas
110g currants
110g shredded peel (we don't add this)
100ml 1/8 pint or 2 1/1 fl ounces rum or brandy
250g butter
250g brown sugar
4 eggs
200g plain flour
blanched almonds
pinch salt
1/8 tspn bicarb soda
1/2 tspn spice
110g fine white breadcrumbs

Put fruit in bowl , add brandy and soak overnight.

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Mix well. add almonds. sift flour, soda, salt, spice and add to mixture alternatively with soaked fruit.

Cook 3-4 hours and another hour on day of serving.

i volunteered to make the pudding a few years ago - what a disaster! unfortunately mum cna't be bothered these days :( I LOVE this pudding!!!