I showed this recipe to my Grandma and she has a couple of comments:
She adds 1/2 cup softened butter to the mix to help things stick together and she said that you should mix the potatoes and soda together and then add them after mixing the rest of the ingredients--doing this can improve the texture of the puddings.
When I made this I doubled everything except the cloves.
I also put this in canning jars to steam so it will keep until Christmas. One recipe fits into two pint jars filled 3/4 full.
This has been my family's traditional Christmas dessert for over 50 years. It is something everyone looks forward to all year long! No one is ever "too" full to pass up dessert when it is carrot pudding. I use glass jars (canning either pint or quart and fill half way before closing and steaming).
there is a similar cake
made in the middle west
that basically has the
same ingredients and a
rum sauce which adds a
real kick to it. the
pudding can be made in
a coffee tin or a pudding mold. either way
it is worth the trouble
to make.
This is the exact same recipe that my grandmother made every year for thanksgiving. It came to America with her English grandmother. Thanks for the canning jars idea! My mom used to steam it in empty shortening cans, but shortening doesn't come in tin cans anymore and I'm not a coffee drinker! I was at a loss as to what to steam it in since I don't have a steamed pudding mold. I haven't had this in a long, long time. I'll have to make it this year. This is also very good with a lemon sauce or hot with ice cream and caramel sauce on top.
My father and his twin had this every year for the December birthdays. Dad has been gone 20 years, Mom's been gone 2, but I continue to make this pudding, and the family devours it. I make a thickened Vanilla Sauce, the same as the recipe above but flour added for thickening. My widowed aunt uses a pressure cooker and cornstarch as the thickener. Rich and yummy, and real spicy.
This is my first time making and eating it, absolutely amazing, it is one of my favorite foods now, go Canada!
Delicious. I made it in 3 pint canning jars in my canning kettle. Hubby loved it. The sauce was delish too and I'll make it to keep in the frig for other desserts as well.
excellent holiday dessert
This tasted exactly how I remembered it from my childhood! This is now a favorite of my children husband and anyone else who tastes it. Thanks for the recipe!
2 of 4 of us loved this the others rated it a 1 hence the 3 rating. Personally i thought it was great without the sauce which i didn't make. A warning: I too used pint jars which I filled 2/3 full and they overflowed. Would recommend filling them less.