10/10/2025
The response to my story poll was overwhelmingly in favor of me sharing my (very original) traditional Cornish pudding recipe. As it should be. 👏🏼 So here it is, in all its glory.
Please do not be dissuaded by the length - it’s actually quite easy.
Also, not all the Cornish pudding recipes I perused called for a sauce on top, but it sounded delicious, so you’re getting that recipe too!
Also also, traditionally, Cornish pudding is made using dried fruit and always includes cherries. But I had neither, so I just used some frozen mixed berries. They worked deliciously!
✨Cornish Pudding✨
1 loaf stale bread (about 16 ounces)
2 cups milk of choice
1/2 cup coconut sugar
5 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups mixed berries, fresh or frozen, or dried fruit
Topping
2 tablespoons coconut sugar
2 tablespoons butter
Vanilla sauce
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons cassava flour
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
Tear the bread into 1-inch sized chunks and place in a large bowl.
In separate bowl, whisk milk, sugar and eggs. Melt butter and whisk in to milk mixture along with spices. Pour milk mixture over the bread chunks and stir around to coat. Let bread soak for about 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
In a small saucepan, cook berries over medium heat until soft. (Alternately, you can use dried fruit here and not cook it.) After bread is done soaking, fold in cooked berries and then pour entire mixture into prepared pan.
Sprinkle with the last 2 tablespoons of sugar and dot with the last two tablespoons of butter. Bake for 50 minutes.
While pudding is baking, make vanilla sauce. In same small saucepan, whisk together milk and cassava flour. Heat over medium until thickened and starting to bubble. Remove from heat and stir in butter until melted. Stir in vanilla. Pour sauce over Cornish pudding.
Eat hot or cold. (I personally loved it cold!)
