Plum Pudding with Almond Sponge

Recipe by Michael (BSD Admin)

  • Time needed: 50 minutes
  • Calories per serving: 220 for the pudding, 340 with the yogurt
  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Rating: 4.86 based on 7 reviews

A delicious old fashioned fruit pudding. The ground almond in the sponge makes it filling, increases the protein and fibre whilst also reducing the the impact on blood sugars.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 100g/4oz Butter
• 50g finely chopped dates
• 20g self-raising brown flour
• 30g ground almonds and 30 g Almond flour.
• You can change proportions of the flour and ground almonds. It needs to add up to 100g. (The more ground almonds the more chewy the sponge & the lower the Glycaemic Index)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 Lemon to grate the rind
• 400g Plums (or cooking apples, rhubarb, blackberries)
• 1 level tbsp of Truvia (Stevia) or equivalent low sugar combination for baking
• Add a dollop of creamy full fat Greek yoghurt (extra 120 Cal for 1 tbsp)

Method

Prepare the fruit and place in a 7-8 inch oven proof dish. Scatter the low sugar Truvia (Stevia) for baking over the fruit.

Beat together the butter, egg and grated lemon rind. Beat in the finely chopped dates. Add the flour and baking powder along with the ground almond and almond flour. Mix together.

Spoon the mixture in top of the fruit.

Bake in a moderate oven (160 degrees C, Gas mark 4) for 35-40 mins

Serve with a dollop of creamy full fat Greek yoghurt.

10 reviews for “Plum Pudding with Almond Sponge”

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    Not a review yet – just an enquiry about where to buy almond flour?

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    Also not a review: for Almond flour, put ground almonds in a food processor and grind it more fine. But don’t over grind as the oils start to come out and give you almond butter!

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    Almond flour from Holland and Barratt delicious recipe ideal for Sunday Pud xx

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    Made this using apple but followed the recipe otherwise, it was lovely, hit the needed sweet craving well😊

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    Very good. My family all liked this. I think maybe I’ll chop the dates a little smaller next time so their sweetness is better distributed (I chopped them into approximately half centimetre cubes).

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    This was delicious. I used ALL ground almonds and the “sponge” was lovely. I didnt have enough plums so threw in some blackberrys to make up the amount. Didnt use the dates as I dont like them. I stirred in some vanilla extract into the yoghurt YUMMY!! THANKS MICHEAL

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    Delicious. If left until the next day, the sponge bit absorbs any fruit juices and it makes a very reasonable “cake”. I used a mix of plums and apple. And yes, the dates are best chopped very small.

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    Used rhubarb as that is what I had and halved the quantities as I live alone and didn’t want to eat it for a whole week. Love it, will make it again.Used all ground almonds this time but might look for almond flour or try the coconut flour I have. Bought a tiny little ‘snack’ pack ( for kids’ lunch boxes) of dates and chopped them as, again, didn’t want to be eating up the dates in the three weeks the packaging on the big packets says!! This recipe could also be adapted using variety of spices either in the filling or the topping as enjoyed. Thanks for getting me started.

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    I thought I’d try this recipe this evening but used no sweetener, dates or fruit apart from the lemon rind. So, only used the eggs, lemon rind, baking powder and butter and used 100g of almonds whizzed up, so no flour at all and I cooked it in a loaf tin.

    It obviously wasn’t sweet but it actually had a taste and texture similar to soda bread so I’ve sliced it up (9 slices) and will grill it as toast with my scrambled egg and smoked salmon in the morning.

    Fantastic recipe and very quick to make!

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    I have made this a few times, absolutely delicious. I did half plums and half pears this time, lovely combination. All the family enjoy it.

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