Cabinet pudding, also known as chancellor's pudding or Newcastle pudding, is a traditional
English steamed, sweet, moulded
pudding
Pudding is a type of food. It can be either a dessert or a savoury (salty or spicy) dish served as part of the main meal.
In the United States, ''pudding'' means a sweet, milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, in ...
made from some combination of bread or sponge cake or similar ingredients in custard, cooked in a mould faced with decorative fruit pieces such as cherries or
raisins
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, served with some form of sweet sauce. Other versions of cabinet pudding might use gelatin and whipped cream.
Early recipes

One of the earliest recorded recipes can be found in John Mollard's 1836 work ''The Art of Cookery'' New edition.
In literature
A reference appears in
Benjamin Disraeli's first novel of 1826, ''
Vivian Grey'', where the title character teaches the Marquess of Carabas how to eat cabinet pudding with curacao sauce.
In ''London Belongs to Me'' Mr Josser complains when his cabinet pudding is served with custard rather than white sauce. In ''From the Terrace'' by John O'Hara (1958), the protagonist Alfred Eaton is served cabinet pudding for dessert after being offered an important job at James D. MacHardie's firm.
See also
*
List of steamed foods
This is a list of steamed foods and dishes that are typically or commonly prepared by the cooking method of steaming.
Steamed foods
* Ada – a food item from Kerala, usually made of rice flour with sweet filling inside.
* Bánh – in Hano ...
References
External links
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British puddings
English cuisine
Victorian cuisine
Steamed foods