cabinet pudding

noun

1. a bread or cake pudding baked in a mold placed in a pan of hot water, usually filled with candied fruit, raisins, and currants, and often served hot with a fruit sauce.

cabinet pudding

noun

1. a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabinet pudding¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

We shall cook salt codfish stewed in cream, venison with currant jelly, stewed carrots, and cabinet pudding.

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The cabinet pudding as I shall make it to-day will be rather elaborate.

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That is what is called cabinet pudding in this country in the restaurants and hotels.

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We are going to have soup, a leg of mutton with potatoes and spinach, a dish of fried cutlets, and a cabinet pudding.

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By the advent of the pudding—it was cabinet pudding—I had become conscious that she had looked at me casually three times.

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