Serves 4 to 6. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “Home Made Christmas” by Yvette van Boven. The author writes, “Pudding is an Anglo-Saxon term referring to steamed or cooked cake. You could ...

Pour the melted butter, maple syrup and golden syrup between six ramekins that are about 175ml in volume. Dot the sliced bananas in on top. Whisk the butter, zest and sugar for the sponge until it has ...

It’s definitely the weather for a steamed pudding, and this is one of my favourites, adapted from Diana Henry’s wonderful winter cookbook, Roast Figs Sugar Snow. There’s nothing fancy about this ...