Tag Archives: 1970s

LEMON SELF SAUCING PUDDING

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Dad was the gardener in our family.  He grew tomatoes, beans, silverbeet and rhubarb in his vegie plot.  There was a passionfruit vine on the back fence and, of course, a lemon tree in the corner.  I think every Melbourne family had and probably still has a lemon tree in their backyard.  Easy to grow and if the position is right lemons in abundance.  As a result Mum made the most of it and used lemons where ever she could.  This self saucing pudding was one of her yummy ways of using some of the crop.

Lemon Self Sauce Pudding

BRANDIED FRUIT FOR ICE CREAM

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For quite a few years this was one of Mum’s favourite dessert recipes, probably because Dad liked it on his nightly bowl of ice cream.  Everytime I looked in their fridge there seemed to be a jar there marinating.  I think with the addition of a few other fruits it could still be good today.

Brandied fruit for Ice Cream

WHITE CHRISTMAS

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This time of year when you have to take a ‘plate’ to all sorts of Christmas functions White Christmas is another quick and easy copha recipe that can work quite well.  It was something that Mum made every Christmas, put on a plate with a bit of tinsel or some sprigs of holly it looks really festive.  It might be a bit old fashioned now, but it still tastes great.  These are a couple of versions I found in Mum’s collection.

White Xmas

SCOTCH SHORTBREAD

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I’m not sure I ever made one of Mum’s shortbread recipes.   I found this one in an Australian Women’s Weekly 100 delicious Biscuits and Slices cookbook just after I got married and it’s the one I usually make.  I like it because it is cooked in a tray and cut into fingers.  The metric butter measurement is 220g.

Scotch Shortbread cropped

CHRISTMAS CAKE – Festive Fruit Cake

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Last weekend I made our Christmas Pudding so this weekend it’s time to make the Christmas cake.  Usually I make my cake a bit earlier than this, but I decided to make this Festive Fruit Cake and it doesn’t need to be done as early as the more traditional cakes.   I haven’t made it for some years, the ingredients are a bit expensive as it’s full of glace fruit and brazil nuts, but my husband really likes it.  The original recipe was given to Mum by her best friend Tuppy, so I’ve always known it as Tuppy’s Christmas Cake.

Tuppy's Festive Fruit Cake cropped

CHRISTMAS PUDDING RECIPE NO 1

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I’m guessing, like everyone else out there, I’m finally admitting that Christmas is closing in on us and it’s time to start the lists and the Christmas cooking.  So this weekend I’m making our Christmas pudding.  As it’s going to be a lovely family day I’ve decided to make the traditional pudding that Mum made for many years.  When I was a child she made a pudding in a cloth, but in latter years she made this one in her pudding bowl, covering the top of the mixture with greaseproof paper and then foil and tying it off with string.  I still use her technique of making a string handle to lay across the top so that you can take the hot pudding from the boiling water more easily.  This makes a large pudding for 12, but you can halve the recipe if you want to.  I always make the large one and freeze any leftovers to be enjoyed later on.

 

Christmas Pudding 2012 cropped