SC - Fruitcake/Plum pudding (WAS: Roman Cheese Cake)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

DUNHAM Patricia R wrote:

> Lorna Sass' Chrismas Feasts book says that the 18th C was the age of the
> pudding, tho she gives one pudding in the 17th C section, too...

I think you'll find that the Christmas Plum Porridge wasn't fully
superceded by the Pudding until the early nineteenth century. I also
believe that Sass includes a recipe for the porridge, too. 

> Someone said something about Italian (Siena) Panforte being the closest
> periodish equivalent of fruitcake... I've always wanted to make one of
> those, and have a couple of recipes...  They come in both chocolate and
> non-choc versions.

I believe that was me, but what I was referring to was Pannetone, which
is a yeast cake with butter (possibly whole eggs or yolks too, but I'm
not sure of this) and dried or candied fruit kneaded in to the dough. I
don't believe there is much sugar in the dish except for what is added
by the fruit itself. I'm not aware of a chocolate version, although that
might be worth looking into on a personal level...;  )

Adamantius
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