plum pudding

American  

noun

1. a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.

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plum pudding British  

noun

1. (in Britain) a dark brown rich boiled or steamed pudding made with flour, suet, sugar, and dried fruit

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Etymology

Origin of plum pudding

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

For dessert, there was a plum pudding with a five-cent coin hidden amongst the dried fruit – a nod to the British tradition.

From BBC

The relationship between the United States and Britain is never more “special” than at Christmastime: mince pies and plum pudding, Victorian carolers and Boxing Day sales.

From Los Angeles Times

Typically, roast beef was topped with a slice of plum pudding.

From BBC

But, as one conflicted character in Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut, “Black Cake,” notes, it “was essentially a plum pudding handed down to the Caribbeans by colonizers from a cold country.”

From Washington Post

That would be — you guessed it — black cake, a “moist, loamy” confection, “essentially a plum pudding handed down to the Caribbeans by colonizers from a cold country.”

From New York Times