The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-23

A Hot and a Cold Plum Pudding
Southern plum pudding differs from the
time-honored English one in that it is
steamed in a mould instead of boiled In
a cloth or bag, but is no less toothsome.
The recipe given here, which was secur-
ed from Virginian, will be found suffi-
cient for fourteen persons, and can eth
er be cooked in one large mould, or, IL
desired. the mixture placed in smaller
ones. 1t will keep well and indefinite
Nv. and. like fruit cake, is improved by
age. If the family be small 1T IS well
To use the small moulds, and to reheat
as required.
Weigh 1 pound of raisins, l pound OF
currants, and l pound of suet, IL pound
of citron, 1 pound of grated bread ana
I-2 pound of brown sugar. Stone and
chop the raisins, clean and dry the cur
rants, chop the suet fine, sprlnkhng
with a little flour and cut the c1tron
into thin strips. Measure 1 even tea
spoonful each of ground cinnamon and
nutmeg and 1-2 teaspoonful each OF
cloves and alIspice. Put all the fruits
into a bowl and mix lightly with
handful of -four Add the sugar and
spices. the chopped suet and the bread,
and mix all thoroughly. Beat eggs
until very light and mix them with IL
pint of brandy Pour into the fruit
mixture and stir until well blended.
Pack in creased mould and steam for
six hours. Turn out of the mould and
decorate with blanched and split al
monds. For Christmas Day stick
sprig of holly in the top and place
Jumps of sugar saturated with brandy
on the dish, thus encircling the pud-
ding. Ignite these and send to the
table. Serve with brandy sauce.
Christmas Fruit Cake.-Beat one
pound of butter to a cream, add to 1T
one pound of graduated sugar. Beat
to a cream nine eggs, add one-half cup
of brandy, mix well with the butter
and sugar. Now mix together one
pound each of dried currants and
raisins, onefourth pound each of citron
and candied lemon peel, one-half
nutmeg, one teaspoonful cinnamon, five
cups of flour; mix all well together and
bake in a cakepan lined with buttered
paper for four hours in slow oven.
This cake should be made months be-
fore Christmas, as it is greatly i'm
proved by standing. If covered with
a thick plain icing it will keep much
better, becoming moist and soft as it
stands and when wanted for use can
be re-iced and decorated with holly or
candles If placed on the table at Christ
mas.
Fig Cake.-Any good white cake re-
cipe will do for the layers. The figs
for the filing must be cut in pieces
the size of lima beans and covered with
water and stewed slowly for two hours.
Then one-half pound of sugar for each
pound of figs is added and the gentle
simmering is continued until thick
soft preserve IS the result When the
cake layers are half cool spread with
the fig mixture.
Carrot Pudding.-Mix together half
a pound each of -four, currants, seeded
Taisins, suet chopped very fine, grated
potato and carrot, one tablespoon each
of cinnamon, cloves and baking soda
dissolved in a little water. Add to
these ingredients half cup of molasses,
half cup of sugar, one teaspoonful
of salt and one beaten egg, turn into
a creased mould and boil or steam
three hours. Serve with hard sauce
Christmas Cakes-Little cakes that
VIII please the children either at the
table or on the Christmas tree are made
as follows: Bake the cakes in little
patty or muffin pans and frost the tops
with white icing. Dip small new
paint brush in melted chocolate and
draw a face on each. Make some cry
ing ana others laughing, the different
expressions being made by the curve
of the mouth line. The merest outline
will be sufficient. Cut circle of it's
sue. paper of white or any color liked
two inches larger than the cake, pink
the edges with scissors and run a thread
round one inch from the edge. Put
cake IN the paper. draw up the thread,
and cunning little cap is formed The
pleasure of small children will well re-
pay the trouble of making these little
cake babies
Christmas Pudding.-One pound bread
crumbs, ID pound chopped suet. II
pound sifted for, ID cup best mo-
iasses, - cup nix, sweet. 3 eggs well
oeaten, teaspoon of soda, l teaspoon
cinnamon 1-2 to- spoon cloves and all!
spice, l. nutmeg, grated orange peel,
cup raisins, l cup currants. ID emp