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Traditional Apple Pie with a Cheddar Crust

This is a huge family apple pie, which I often call 'More Apple Than Pie' as it has four pounds of apples in it. Putting Cheddar in the crust gives it...

Cranberry Queen of Puddings

We often joke in our house about how, when the Christmas book was first published, the shops sold out of cranberries and for ages the press annoyingly...

Baked Apple and Almond Pudding

Since this recipe was given to me many years ago by the proprietor of the Sign of the Angel in Lacock, it has become really popular with readers, as I...

Baked Apples with Pecans and Maple Syrup

With our apple storer now replenished, we decided on a variation on the traditional baked apple using maple syrup and pecan nuts. The key to this recipe...

Bread and Butter Pudding

This traditional English recipe is fragrant, soft, moist, wobbly beneath, and toasted and crunchy on top. I would go the whole hog and serve it with some...

Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding with Marsala

In a way I'm very glad that the delectable Italian raisin and fruit bread, called Panettone, only comes in to the house at Christmas I absolutely love...

The Best Ever Apple Crumble

Obviously any sort of fruit can be used here. I love it with berries or apricots in summer, in spring it's good with rhubarb, and in autumn I use half...

A Traditional Christmas Pudding

This is quite definitely the best and, like the Christmas cake, has been made and loved by a cast of thousands over forty years. If you've never made a...

Steamed Treacle Sponge Pudding

If the winter weather is getting you down or you're feeling grey or sad, I'm certain a steamed treacle sponge will put you right in no time at all. It...

Light Christmas Pudding

If there are still people who claim not to like even our splendid Traditional Christmas Pudding, then this could be for them. It's a light sponge pudding...

Bread and Butter Pudding with Whisky soaked Raisins

This is one of those recipes that makes you glad you have ingredients left over. I prefer to make it with panettone - the traditional Italian Christmas...

Hot Lemon Curd Souffles

On the How To Cook television series I called these 'everlasting', and yes, it's true, because unlike traditional soufflés, they never collapse. They...

Steamed Panettone Pudding with Eliza Acton's Hot Punch Sauce

Panettone is an Italian fruit bread that's sold here mostly in the autumn and around Christmas time in beautifully designed boxes with carrying ribbons....