Ingredients
- 500g mixed dried fruit
- 130ml brandy
- 125g unsalted butter
- 160g brown sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp treacle
- 1 orange, zested
- 100g plain all purpose flour
- 2 tsp mixed ground spice
- 30g flaked almonds
- 1 apple, peeled and grated
- Butter for greasing
- Warm custard to serve
- Glace cherries to serve
Method
- Soak the dried fruit in the brandy for a minimum of 24hrs
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Grease eight single serve pudding tins or a muffin tray
- Attach the paddle attachment to a KitchenAid stand mixer, combine the butter and brown sugar. Beat until lightly fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time while beating, follow by adding the treacle and orange zest
- Slowly add the plain flour and mixed spices until the mixture comes together
- Turn the machine off and fold in the soaked fruit, flakes almonds and grated apple
- Spoon the mixture evenly into the pre greased pudding tins or muffin tray
- Fill a larger baking tray half full with boiling water, place puddings into the tray and gently transfer to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when testing
- Remove the individual puddings and allow to cool for a few minutes. Loosen around the edge with a butter knife before turning them out on to serving plates
- Serve with warm custard and a place cherry on top.
