Christmas pudding

I wanted to make Christmas pudding ice-cream. I have vanilla ice-cream in the freezer, but I didn't have Christmas pudding. So I made some Christmas pudding to mix into the ice-cream.


Christmas pudding
Makes a medium sized pudding

375g mixed fruit mix (sultanas, raisins, citrus peel, glace cherries)
200g plain flour
75g butter, softened
125g brown sugar
2 eggs (110g)
1/2 tsp baking soda
250ml orange juice
2 tsp mixed spice

Sift baking soda, mixed spice and plain flour in a separate bowl.

Beat butter and sugar.
Add in eggs and beat.
Add in vanilla extract.
Add in mixed fruit and orange juice.

Sift in flour and mix until just combined.

Bake in waterbath in a preheated oven at 155C for 75-90mins or until cooked.

Allow to cool


Trim the sides off.


Crumb the side pieces and mix into about 1L of softened vanilla ice-cream. Refreeze and voila!, you have christmas pudding ice-cream! Yum yum. (Add in some dessicated coconut and it tastes even better!).


Wrap the rest of your Christmas pudding in plastic wrap and freeze. Reheat upon eating.

Testing the new oven!

I decided to play with my new kitchen for the very first time. Haha. Now I've got a larger oven to use. But it's got so many modes that I need to keep reading the manual in order to remember. -__- Sigh. I suppose I will get used to it over time. Next time, I'll test out my new kitchen appliances also! Ah, I can't wait! :D


To test out the oven, I made gingerbread men! I made cinnamonbread last year, so this is basically the same recipe but with added ginger. It's not too over powering and the spices are just right for my tastes.


Merry Christmas everyone! :)

I love baking Christmas goodies~ Hehe. Oh, and I LOVE this caesar stone benchtop! The baking trays go on hot and become cool to touch so quickly! :D

Gingerbread men
Makes about 20 big and 60 small cookies

600g self raising flour
160g pure icing
2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp mixed spice
1 tbsp ginger powder

2 eggs (112g), lightly beaten
110g golden syrup, warmed
100g butter, melted and cooled
1 tbsp vanilla extract

Sift and mix dried ingredients together.

Add liquid ingredients and mix until combined.
Form a dough.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.


Take dough out to room temperature (2hrs or so) before rolling it out.

Preheat oven to 160C.

Roll out dough between two sheets of baking paper.


Roll out dough to about 7mm or so. I used two chopsticks to help me get this sort of thickness.


Cut out with cookie cutters and place onto baking tray.


Bake for approx 8 mins for big and about 5 mins for small cookies.


Allow to cool before storing.


Store in an airtight container.

Or give them as gifts! :)


Merry Christmas everyone!