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Easy Steamed Christmas Plum Pudding

Last updated on: February 16, 2025 By Kaylene Filed Under: Christmas, Desserts, Holidays & Special Occasions, Recipes 4 Comments

Whole traditional Christmas plum pudding on a white plate. A wine bottle, glasses, and Christmas decorations can be seen in the background.One of my favourite things about Christmas is being able to have some Christmas plum pudding! There is nothing better on Christmas day than topping a big piece of plum pudding with some cream and ice cream. Some will add custard too, but I’m not a big custard fan! 😉

The Christmas puddings we had when I was kid were usually store bought ones but I loved them anyway. It was a taste that we only had on Christmas so cutting the plum pudding was very exciting!

Over the years I have fallen out of love with the store bought plum puddings. They don’t seem to be the delicious and rich puddings that they used to be. Plus they taste so artificial these days. Plum pudding at Christmas had been losing its appeal and I was not happy!

Traditional plum pudding on a white plate with a piece removed. Festive decorations can be seen in the background.I considered making my own a few years ago but thought that it would be too much hassle! Then about 18 months ago I came across a recipe for a winter pudding in a supermarket catalogue (I found it here on the Taste website).  It looked just like a Christmas pudding and was aimed at people wanting to celebrate Christmas in July!

Because it looked so nice I thought I would give it a try and I am so glad that I did! This plum pudding is the best that I have tasted in quite a few years. I made it for Christmas in July last year and found it so delicious that I just had to make it again for Christmas as well. Actually I love it so much I made it again for Christmas in July this year – once a year is not enough with this plum pudding!

Besides the taste, another great thing about this plum pudding recipe is that it freezes really well. I made it a couple of weeks before Christmas last year and then put it in the freezer. On Christmas Eve I placed it into the fridge and then heated it on Christmas day! I plan to make it on Christmas Eve this year and then just reheat it on Christmas day! You could make it on Christmas morning if you wanted to though. I just like to do as much as possible ahead of time. That leaves more time to relax on Christmas day!

Slice of plum pudding on a white plate. The rest of the pudding can be seen in the background.I have modified the recipe just a bit to make it a little easier. The original recipe called for specific weights of individual dried fruits. Instead I have used a commercial dried fruit mix that consists of sultanas, raisins, currents, mixed peel, and some gláce cherries. You could use your favourite mix of dried fruits if you like! I have also halved the recipe because I didn’t want a huge pudding. If you’re feeding a crowd you could double everything again but this recipe comfortably serves 6 to 8 people.

This is a fairly easy recipe actually. Softening up the dried fruit in orange juice over heat is the most time consuming step. Then it is just a matter of mixing everything else up and cooking it in a steamer. It takes around 2 hours and 45 minutes to cook and you just have to keep an eye on the saucepan to make sure it doesn’t boil dry.

Slice of plum pudding topped with cream on a white plate. The rest of the pudding and some festive decorations can be seen in the background.This plum pudding is packed with fruit and is nice and rich just like a Christmas pudding should be! It reminds me of the ones I had when I was a kid. So anyone who loves a traditional Christmas plum pudding is going to love this recipe!

After years of plum pudding disappointment I finally have a recipe that is easy to make and tastes amazing!

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Plum pudding on a white plate, with a slice removed.

Easy Steamed Christmas Plum Pudding

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  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 2 hours 45 mins
  • Total Time: 3 hours 45 mins
  • Yield: 6-8
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Pudding, Traditional, Holiday,
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Description

For a Christmas dessert that is rich and full of flavour, try this easy steamed plum pudding recipe. It is so much better than any store bought pudding!


Ingredients

  • 350g (2 cups) of mixed dried fruit *
  • 1 tablespoon of finely grated orange zest
  • 1/2 cup of orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons of sherry (or brandy)
  • 1/2 cup of plain flour
  • 1/2 cup of self raising flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon of bi carb soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon of mixed spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup of flaked almonds
  • 125g (1/2 cup) of melted butter
  • 115g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs

Instructions

  1. Grease a 1 litre (4 cup) metal pudding steamer and line the base with 2 layers of baking paper.
  2. Place your mixed fruit, orange peel, and orange juice into a saucepan and stir over a low to medium heat for 10 minutes or until the fruit has softened. Then remove from heat and allow to cool for about 30 minutes before stirring through the sherry.
  3. Place flours, bi carb soda, cinnamon, mixed spice, and nutmeg in a large bowl and stir to combine.
  4. Add almonds, butter, caster sugar, eggs, and fruit mixture and stir until well combined.
  5. Spoon mixture into prepared pudding steamer then smooth the top of the mixture and secure the lid.
  6. Place steamer into a large saucepan and add boiling water to the saucepan so that it come about half way up the sides of the steamer.
  7. Boil gently over a low heat for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Make sure to keep topping up the water in the saucepan as required. Pudding is cooked when a cake tester or skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  8. Once cooked, remove steamer from the saucepan and allow to pudding to stand for 10 – 15 minutes.
  9. Turn pudding out onto a plate and serve** with cream, custard, and ice cream.

Notes

* Dried fruit that I used was a mixture of sultanas, raisins, currents, mixed peel, and some glace cherries.
** Can be made a day or two early and stored in the fridge to be reheated on Christmas day. Alternatively pudding can be made a week or two ahead of time and frozen (wrapped in greaseproof paper and in an airtight container) before reheating on Christmas day.


Nutrition

  • Calories: 413
  • Sugar: 30.6
  • Sodium: 295mg
  • Fat: 16.7g
  • Saturated Fat: 8.7g
  • Carbohydrates: 61.6g
  • Fiber: 4.6g
  • Protein: 6.3g
  • Cholesterol: 80mg

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Comments

  1. Elaine says

    December 23, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    I’ve been wanting to try making plum pudding for many years. I recently came across your recipe and it looked good and easy. Instead of cooking it on top of the stove, I put the pudding mold in my crockpot and added the boiling water, put the lid on and cooked on high. No evaporation, so I didn’t have to watch it. It came out perfectly! I don’t know if I can wait till Christmas to eat it!

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    • Kaylene says

      December 24, 2022 at 4:14 pm

      Oh that’s a good idea to cook it in the crockpot Elaine! I’ve actually got mine on the stove now, so it’s too late for me to give it a try. I usually make one for Christmas in July so I’ll have try my slow cooker then. I hope you enjoy it, have a great Christmas!

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    • Marg says

      November 26, 2024 at 6:13 pm

      Do you cook for the same amount of time???

      Reply
      • Kaylene says

        November 26, 2024 at 6:42 pm

        Sorry Marg, I forgot about this suggestion and I haven’t tried using the crockpot. Hopefully Elaine will get back to us about how long she cooked it for!

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