Summer pudding is much easier to make than you think. Try our step-by-step video recipe for a perfect pudding. Equipment and preparation: You'll need a 1 litre/2 pint pudding basin.

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Ingredients. 180g unsalted butter, softened. 180g castor sugar. 3 x 60g eggs. 15ml milk. 2 tsp vanilla extract. 150g plain flour. 1 tsp baking powder. 200g good jam, or golden syrup ...

Cook, stirring constantly so that you don’t scorch the bottom, until the mixture thickens into pudding, 10 to 15 minutes. It should coat the back of a wooden spoon. 3 ...

What is more satisfying, or more nostalgic, than a chocolate pudding cup? When I was starting out in pastry, in the way-back of the early 2000s, I was dedicated to appealing to diners my own age.