Travel back in time with Mary Honner’s Cambridge pudding

College Pudding College or Cambridge pudding is just one of Mary Honner’s 30 recipes for sweet and savoury puddings.

The earliest recipe for this pudding is included in an English recipe compilation by John Murrell that was printed in London in 1617.

The dish was associated with the student halls of the University of Cambridge. Initially it was a steamed suet pudding of dried fruit, dates, spice, milk, eggs, breadcrumbs, and flour that was served hot with a pudding sauce.