Hi Sanfi, I’m not au fait with pudding tins, in the UK we use glass or plastic pudding basins, I’ve never seen a pudding cooked in a tin. A very tight lid sounds like a no no as the steam needs to escape from the pudding as it cooks which is where the paper and foil come into play.

Hi again Sandi, if your tin has a hole in I’d say no, don’t use that. A Pyrex bowl would be better or similar. With regard to boiling, I’ve never done this but see that there are recipes on the net that use this method so you could by all means use my recipe with another method. Just make sure that the quantities are similar so that it cooks OK.

Hi Sandi, yes feel free to swap any dried fruit for others.

Thanks Elizabeth, nor had I:-)

Gosh this looks good! I’ve never made my own Christmas pudding before. Will have to try this year!

Thanks Katie, yes it’s amazing how our tastes change over the years!

Thank you Ren, we had great fun making it:-)

I can practically smell that delicious-looking Christmas pudding Camilla – what a beauty! I also really love the sound of the Danish Christmas dessert…

I have to say I wasn’t a huge fan of Christmas Pudding as a child, but the older I get the more likely I am to have a wee sliver of it with some brandy butter on Christmas Day. My mum and her partner are coming to us for Christmas this year, so we’ll definitely be putting it on the menu as they love it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Thanks Kavey, yes the silver six pence makes all the difference:-)

Fab Jen,it’s such a lovely thing to do together:-)

Excellent Richard, I can only remember eating the pudding at my grandparents’!

Great Laura, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)

Lovely, look forward to trying this recipe, it sounds fantastic!

Yes do Paul:-)

It really was great fun Sharon and lovely to pass on the tradition:-)

Thank you so much Jo, I really enjoyed this post! We planned on a walk to the park to find Holly but as soon as we got to the top of our close there was Holly bush growing in our small communal garden so we didn’t have to go far. We carried on to the park anyway and found all the other berries and ivy along the way:-)

Nor had I Jessy, it’s never too late:-)

Thank you Amanda, it’s such a wonderful tradition:-)

This recipe sounds delicious! I love the tradition behind it and that you and your daughter are keeping the tradition alive.

What a beautiful traditional Christmas dessert. I regret that I’ve never tried this before but it sounds amazing!

Fabulous Dan, glad to have inspired you:-)

Thank you Renz, so interesting to hear about the different names for Christmas Pudding across the other side of the ocean. Yes cultures and recipes frequently cross pollinate:-)

Thank you for your lovely comments Amanda. We do have Christmas Cake too but that is usually covered in marzipan and icing. Christmas Pudding is usually served with cream, whites sauce, ice cream or even custard. We should try to hang on to these traditions.

Fabulous, glad to have inspired you:-)

I’ve never made my own Christmas pudding before, but yours looks so fabulous that you’ve made me really want to try it!

I think this is equivalent to “fruit cake” here in the states! The ingredients look like it! Your pictures look way better than any fruit cake I’ve seen though!! Fruit cakes are a Christmas tradition here in the states…at least they were when I was a kid but that tradition seems to be declining for yrs….too bad! Yours looks beautiful!

I think that this could be a welcome treat at our Christmas dinner table and maybe a new tradition! Thank you.

Glad to hear it. 🙂

Fabulous Leah, glad to have inspired you:-)

Aaw, thank you, we felt very Christmassy too:-)

It really is very simple to do:-)

Glad to have enlightened:-)

Oh this looks simply delicious. Your photos alone have me feeling all Christmassy! Kaz x

Thank you Sarah, maybe if you made your own you’d favour it more:-) xx

We did have fun thanks:-)