Plum Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 First of all we have for Craftyhunnypie Christmas Pudding Bites For the cake: make an all-in-one chocolate sponge with 4 eggs, 6 oz self raising flour sifted with 2oz cocoa powder, 8 oz caster sugar & 8 oz butter or margarine. Bake at 180C. For butter icing: blend 8oz unwanted butter with 1lb icing sugar until pale & fluffy, then blend in 2 x 100g bars dark 70% cocoa chocolate, melted. Crumble the cooled chocolate sponge into the icing and mix, mould into balls the size of a large marble and chill overnight in the fridge. For an extra kick, mould each one around a dried sour cherry that has been soaked in cherry or raspberry liqueur. To coat, dip each ball into melted dark chocolate, holding it on a carving fork & letting excess drip off before cooling on a tray lined with baking paper. When set, top with a blob of melted White chocolate, with green icing leaves and red sugar balls as holly to decorate. Fudge 200 ml milk 250 g butter 1 kg granulated sugar 5 tbsp golden syrup 400 g condensed milk Method 1. Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and boil on a high heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly, until it reaches 115C on a sugar thermometer. I found it turned golden and set easily after about 10 minutes fast boiling. 2. Pour into a mixing bowl and leave for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Whisk until the sugar crystallizes turning the mixture from toffee to fudge. It will look matt and a little grainy. About 5 minutes whisking with the whisk attachment on a Kenwood Chef. 3. Spoon into a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper to cool and set. Cut into cubes after about an hour and put on a cooling rack to cool completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Where would I find unwanted butter Plum? Is it that block at the back of the fridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 I just copied and pasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...