 Week Two Christmas Puddings It's probably too late to make a Christmas pudding now, but if you haven't already made one there are lots of recipes to be found on the web - for example try santas.net. The recipe is accompanied by some information about 'traditions' surrounding Christmas puddings.
But, in fact, not all Christians celebrate Christmas. A few Protestant groups believe that Christmas was not celebrated by the early church - it isn't mentioned in the New Testament - so they think it shouldn't be celebrated today. They also believe that as Christmas puddings have their roots in ancient, non-Christian traditions, they shouldn't eat them. For most Christians, however, the pudding is just another part of the feast that they eat together to celebrate Jesus' birth Click here to read the story of one family who had a very unusual experience with a Christmas pudding.  Christmas Pudding Cakes These little cakes are easy to make and good for people who don't like heavy fruity Christmas pudding. Ingredients 40g flour (self-raising) 40g soft margarine (use soft for easy working) 40g caster sugar 15g cocoa ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 egg For the icing: 50g icing sugar and about ½ tablespoon warm water. Equipment Little paper cups ('Petits Fours' cases) Sieve Mixing bowls - large for cake mixture, smaller for icing Wooden spoon for mixing Teaspoon for measuring mixture Metal spoon or knife for icing Oven Pre-heat to Gas Mark 4 or 180°C. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the margarine and beat the mixture until it is smooth and creamy. Put just under a teaspoonful of the mixture into each paper case. Put in the pre-heated oven for 10-15 minutes. The cakes are done when they are just firm to the touch. Put the cakes on a wire rack. Make the icing: sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add little drops of water until it is quite stiff but can be spooned onto a cake. Careful - it's easy to get the icing too wet. You can add food colouring - red or green for Christmas perhaps - and invent your own decorations, such as tiny cut-out holly leaves, or little berries made with left-over icing coloured red. Be inventive!
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