cabinet pudding

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noun

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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Origin of cabinet pudding

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby cabinet pudding

cabinet government, cabinetmaker, cabinetmaking, cabinet minister, cabinet picture, cabinet pudding, cabinetry, cabinet scraper, cabinetwood, cabinetwork, cabin fever

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How to use cabinet pudding in a sentence

We shall cook salt codfish stewed in cream, venison with currant jelly, stewed carrots, and cabinet pudding.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
The cabinet pudding as I shall make it to-day will be rather elaborate.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
That is what is called cabinet pudding in this country in the restaurants and hotels.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
We are going to have soup, a leg of mutton with potatoes and spinach, a dish of fried cutlets, and a cabinet pudding.
Out on the Pampas|G. A. Henty

By the advent of the pudding—it was cabinet pudding—I had become conscious that she had looked at me casually three times.
An American Girl in London|Sara Jeannette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for cabinet pudding

cabinet pudding

noun

a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit

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