Mini Fruit Puddings

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 8 servings

Nutritional Info
Per Serving: about	-
cal	352352 cal
pro	4 g4g pro
total fat	8 g8g total fat
sat. fat	4 g4g sat. fat
carb	69 g69g carb
fibre	1 g1g fibre
chol	57 mg57mg chol
sodium	267 mg267mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	99 calcium
iron	1717 iron
vit A	77 vit A
vit C	1818 vit C
folate	55 folate

Every holiday season, friends and family of freelance chef Joanne Leese look forward to receiving her adorable miniature fruit puddings. Each one is enough for two people. Serve with your favourite sauce.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter , softened1/2 1/2cup cupbutter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 1/2cup cuppacked brown sugar
3 eggs 3 3eggeggs
1 cup fancy molasses 1 1cup cupfancy molasses
1 cup buttermilk 1 1cup cupbuttermilk
1/4 cup orange juice 1/4 1/4cup cuporange juice
2 cups fine dry breadcrumbs 2 2cups cupsfine dry breadcrumbs
2 cups sultana raisins 2 2cups cupssultana raisinsultana raisins
2 cups chopped mixed candied fruit 2 2cups cupschopped mixed candied fruit
1 tbsp grated orange rind 1 1tbsp tbspgrated orange rind
1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 1/2tsp tspground cloves
1/2 tsp allspice 1/2 1/2tsp tspallspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 1/2tsp tspnutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 1/2tsp tspcinnamon
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 1/2tsp tspsalt
Garnish:
4 green candied cherries 4 4green candied cherrygreen candied cherries
8 red candied cherries 8 8red candied cherries

Preparation

Grease eight 3/4-cup (175 mL) ramekins or custard cups and line bottoms with waxed paper; set aside.

In bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses, buttermilk and orange juice. Add bread crumbs, raisins, candied fruit, orange rind, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and sa< stir just until blended. Spoon into prepared ramekins.

Place ramekins in roasting pan. Pour in enough hot water to come halfway up sides of ramekins. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.

Remove ramekins from water; let cool on rack. Run knife around edge of puddings; unmould. (Make-ahead: Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 1 week, or overwrap with heavy-duty foil and freeze in airtight container for up to 1 month.)

Garnish: Cut 4 green cherries in half; place 1 half on each pudding. Cut each red cherry lengthwise into 6 strips; place around green cherry to resemble petals
of flower.