Steamed Cranberry Pudding-A New Year's Eve Tradition
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Recipe type: Desert
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Serves: 8-10
 
This recipe is easy to make and is delicious. The cake has a wonderful molasses flavor but the hard sauce really makes the cake!
Ingredients
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • ½ cup light molasses
  • ⅓ cup hot water
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cups cranberries, washed and drained
  • HARD SAUCE
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
  1. CAKE:
  2. Mix together and pour into a greased mold.
  3. Steam for 1 hour over simmering water on stove top, making sure that the pot is tightly covered. Remove from mold onto serving tray and serve warm with hard sauce.
  4. HARD SAUCE:
  5. Heat cream, butter, sugar and salt to a boil.
  6. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
  7. Serve warm over warm pudding.
  8. Variation: Use eggnog instead of half and half and replace vanilla with rum flavoring.
Recipe by Parsnips and Parsimony at https://www.parsnipsandparsimony.com/steamed-cranberry-pudding-a-new-years-eve-tradition/