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Classic Christmas pudding in honey ginger syrup

By Abigail Donnelly
6 to 8
Easy
15 minutes
10 minutes or 1 hour, depending on method

Ingredients

  • 1 x 900 g classic Christmas pudding
  • icing sugar, for dusting
  • 250 g ready-to-roll icing
  • 1 cup honey
  • 2 t ground ginger

Method

Warm the pudding, according to your choice of package instructions.
Dust a work surface with icing sugar. ROLL the icing onto the dusted work surface.
Stamp star shapes into the icing using a cookie-cutter.
Combine the honey and ginger.
Wrap the base of the warmed pudding with festive ribbon.
Place the icing stars on top of the pudding.
Drizzle the honey-and-ginger syrup over the top of the pudding.

Serve immediately.
Cook’s tip: Ready-to-roll icing is available from baking suppliers.
Per serving: 1258.8 kJ, 3.2 g protein, 1.5 g fat, 122.4 g carbs