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Recipe For Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

Not everyone likes poppy seeds, but if you do, you will love this Poppy Seed Pudding. It would make a delicious dessert for Thanksgiving dinner.

This pudding recipe evolved in my own kitchen - that's why I named it Poppy Seed Pudding Diana - a delicious and unusual pudding.

I developed a lasting interest in cooking when working in, and helping to run, a restaurant in the 1960's. It wasn't a fancy restaurant, maybe more of a cafe really, where the emphasis was on simple home-style food, and as a result of that experience, I became adept at creating simple easy recipes, using the sort of ingredients you might have around the home,

Ingredients For Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

Assemble the Poppyseed Pudding Diana Ingredients before you start



INGREDIENTS:
Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

- ¾ cup Sugar

- 3 Eggs

- ¾ cup Plain Flour

- ½ teaspoonful of Baking Soda

- 4 tablespoons of Water

- 1½ teaspoonsful of Mixed Spice
    (or mix your own:
      - ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
      - ½ teaspoon of ground cloves
      - ½ teaspoon of ground ginger

- 1 teaspoonful of Lemon Juice

- ¼ teaspoonful of salt

- Optional: Philadelphia Cream Cheese (or other cream cheese)

- Tin of Poppy Seeds Cake Mixture (get these from a Continental    or Polish store)


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Equipment for making Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

The main utensil is a large baking pan


EQUIPMENT
Poppy Seed Pudding Diana:

- Greaseproof paper or silver foil

- Low-sided baking tray

- Electric Hand-Mixer

- Mixing bowl





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Any of These Pans Would be Suitable to Make Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

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It always helps to have the right equipment

These are all shallow baking trays, just right for this recipe

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My machine has been very hard-wearing and I have had it for over twenty-five years - not bad

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Method for Making Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

Your Poppy Seed Pudding Diana Will be ready in 25 Minutes

Method:
Poppy Seed Pudding Diana

It's so easy -

- Blend the sugar and eggs in a bowl for 5 minutes (until creamy and frothy)
- Mix the Flour, baking powder, spice and salt together, then gradually add them to the sugar and egg mixture. Add the water and salt and blend all together.

- Pour in the mixture and spread evenly

- Bake in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes, until the mixture is springy to the touch

- Remove from oven and separate the cake from the paper or foil with a knife or fishlift

- Spread the poppy seed mix on the top and then put blobs of cream cheese on top

- Cut into slices and either leave to cool or serve immediately with cream or ice cream.

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Are you the kind of person who would simply cut your losses and chuck the whole lot in the bin, or would you salvage what you can, and be creative?

I personally like to see what can be rescued, and whether I can still make something nice out of it.

I'll let you into a little secret: I developed my recipe for Poppy Seed Pudding Diana when I rescued a cooking disaster and turned it into something spectacular - I have put a link below with a big arrow to the story of how it evolved.

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Poppy Seed Pudding Diana - The Story

About Me, Diana Grant and Links to my Web Pages

Chef Extraordinaire and Lover of Good Grub

I enjoy cooking, and for a short while helped to run a restaurant specializing in home cooking.
Glorious Confusion - my Website currently under reconstruction

Diana's Blog at Glorious Confusion My Blog

I am a retired English solicitor. I no longer give professional advice, but I still help people to write letters, proof-read things they have written, and help to improve and pinpoint the essence of what they want to say.

I would be happy to help you if you contact me - You can either go to my Bio at the top right hand side of this page. Or, if you prefer, if you want more information, you can go to my website, Glorious Confusion, where there is a page About Me or you can Contact Me on my website Glorious Confusion

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Some of My "Food and Cooking" Web Pages

I love Cooking

Here you will find a very quick method for defrosting your freezer, and more recipes with and lots of photos and chit-chat
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I'm a RocketMom

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Other Web Pages about Puddings and Sweet Food

They are All Written by RocketMoms

The first one, about Pumpkin Roll is my inspiration for this Poppy Seed Pudding Diana recipe - it was when I couldn't find the ingredients, and cooked something else instead.

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It's so nice to hear from people all round the world........

I love to get feedback (no pun intended)


  • Momsbusy247 Aug 9, 2011 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    I love poppy seed, but never heard of poppy seed pudding, unusual for sure.
  • Gloriousconfusion Aug 9, 2011 @ 5:25 pm | delete
    That's because it's unique - devised by me!
  • Momsbusy247 Aug 9, 2011 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    hmmm.... again flickr photos not showing up, maybe it is flickr!
  • Gloriousconfusion Aug 9, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    All fixed now, thanks
  • Hairdresser007 Nov 19, 2010 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    I love poppyseeds, but what happened?
  • Gloriousconfusion Nov 19, 2010 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    I'm glad you asked, because I have made a new web page, the companion of this one, called Poppy Seed Pudding Diana - the Story. There you can read the horrid details.
  • Sami4u Nov 19, 2010 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    Hi,

    Love poppy seed :) Thanks
  • Irenemaria Nov 19, 2010 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    Wonder if it smells just as good as it looks? mmmmm
  • rms Nov 17, 2010 @ 8:02 am | delete
    Looks delicious!
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