Orange Fruit Pudding

 Happy new year to all my readers :) I hope i'll get the time to post many recipes this year...I still have last years recipes half written & some without pics hope to complete it this year... 

My friends keep telling to post more of desserts,cakes & pudding recipes...so here i am sharing a simple pudding recipe..Orange Fruit Pudding :)

How to make bread crumbs : click here → Bread Crumbs

Ingredients :

• Flour- 1/2 cup+1 tbsp.
• Bread slices - 6.
• Butter-1/2 cup +1 tbsp.
• Sugar (powdered)-1/2 cup+1 tbsp.
• Orange-1
• Baking powder-1 tsp.
• Eggs -2
• 3/4 cup Mixed fruits ( raisins, chopped cashew nuts,almonds, chopped cherries , tutti frutti ).
• Chopped candied peel-1 tsp.
• Honey-2 tbsp.
• 1/2 tsp orange marmalade.

Method :

• Break the bread slices into fine crumbs( Don't toast them use one day old bread).
• Extract juice from the orange add water if necessary to the juice to make it 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp.

• Lightly grease the pudding dish, cover the base with butter paper.
• Mix the honey & orange marmalade for 1 sec heat in a microwave & pour over the butter paper, arrange the cashew nuts over the syrup in an attractive pattern & keep aside.
• Preheat the oven 210 c.

• Chop the cherries, almonds, cashew nuts & mix with tutti frutti & raisins. 
• Sift the flour with baking powder.
• Mix the maida mixture with the mixed fruits.

• Beat the butter with sugar till light.

• Add the beaten eggs little at a time,beating well after each addition.
• Add the chopped candid peel & beat well.

• Add the bread crumbs,& mix well.
• Fold in the flour mixed fruits mixture alternately with the orange juice & mix till well blinded.

• Spoon the pudding mixture into the prepared greased  dish.

• Place the pudding dish on a pan ↑ filled 1/2 of  hot water & bake for 1 hr or more till done.

     Or

• Cover the pudding dish with the lid or aluminum foil & steam it for 1 hr or till done.

• Remove the dish let it cool allow to set in fridge for 5- 10 min... when set invert on a serving plate.
• Serve warm or cold... Cut in slices & Enjoy...