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Questions
Using gluten free bread in?
Is it possible to use gluten free bread for this recipe?
Missed an ingredient from the pudding!
I have been making Delia's Christmas pudding for many years. This year I made them as usual filled the pudding bowls and thought they were a bit hard to pack. I have realised a week later that I missed out the barley wine! I usually replace with extra guiness but totally missed it out this year. I tried a small sample pudding and it is very stodgy would I be able to empty the puddings out add more liquid and re pot up or is it too late?
Hope you can please advise me.
The 7 inch sandwich tin
Please tell where I can get the 7 inch sandwich tins for Delia’s recipe cake book .
No steamer!
I haven’t got a steamer. Is it ok in a large saucepan if I stand it on a saucer and keep an eye on the level of water?
Dundee Cake for Christmas
I make the Dundee cake from Delia’s first Christmas cookery book each year and in that recipe, she suggests feeding it with whiskey both after it is made and then again before eating whilst wrapping it up and keeping in an airtight tin. This suggests it can be made some weeks before Christmas. I have noticed though on the online version of the same recipe, the advice is different and it says it use quite quickly after having made it. I’m confused now by the different advice. Can you clarify this please.
Scaling up Christmas Pudding
I have the scaling up chart for rich fruit cake/Christmas cake, is there one for Christmas puddings?
Many thanks