cabinet pudding

American  

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.

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cabinet pudding British  

noun

1. a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit

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Etymology

Origin of cabinet pudding

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

With what Moley termed “a rather savorless Cabinet pudding” in place, the incoming administration focused on the alarming banking crisis.

From Time

If anything, he is especially indignant in this book, having been forced from his home into new digs that he intensely dislikes and fed such British delicacies as cabinet pudding.

From New York Times

The cabinet pudding was the waiter's suggestion.

From Project Gutenberg

Cabinet Pudding.—A cabinet pudding is made in any kind of a mould and of any size, with sponge-cake or lady's fingers.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg