Cottage pudding explained

Country:United States
Course:Dessert
Type:Pudding
Main Ingredient:Cake, glaze or custard

Cottage pudding is a traditional American dessert consisting of a plain, dense butter cake served with a sweet sauce, glaze, or custard poured over it.[1]

The glaze is generally cornstarch based and flavored with sugar, vanilla, chocolate, butterscotch, or one of a variety of fruit flavors such as lemon or strawberry.

History

One typical recipe is from Recipes Tried and True, a collection of recipes compiled in 1894 by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church in Marion, Ohio.[2]

Cottage pudding can be baked over a fruit base, with a recipe from Fannie Farmer resulting in a dessert similar to a fruit cobbler, as in the recipe for Apple Pan Dowdy in The Fannie Farmer Cookbook.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Cottage Pudding recipe from "Fanny Farmer" . Monterey Herald .
  2. Web site: Cottage Pudding - 1894 Style . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511105611/http://womenshistory.about.com/od/1894puddings/r/cottage_pudding.htm . 2013-05-11 . 2007-08-02 . womenshistory.about.com.
  3. "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook", 11th Edition, published by Little, Brown and Company, original copyright 1896 by Fannie Merritt Farmer.