“Trunk of Tree” Pudding – Simple Recipe

On request of a Foodie Friend I am posting a simple recipe for the quintessential Navy “Trunk of Tree” Pudding.

“TRUNK OF TREE” PUDDING

RECIPE

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(For 4 Persons)

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Ingredients

Eggs - 2 Nos

Butter - 100 grams

Sugar - 80 grams

Cream Fresh - 100 grams

Chocolate Powder - 2 tablespoons

Flour - 25 grams

Dry Fruit

(Walnut, Cashew Nut,

Dry Cherries, Almond

Pistachios Etc) - 25 grams

Fresh Lime - Two

Sherry - 30 ml

(Use Brandy if Sherry is not available)

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Method

1. Make Sponge with Eggs, 25 grams Sugar and Flour.

2. Bake in a Greased Baking Tray. Leave it to cool.

(Sponge is ready)

3. Cream Butter and 45 grams Sugar. Fold in Sherry or Brandy gently.

4. Add Chopped Dry Fruit, Fresh Cream and Chocolate Powder and Fold in gently.

(Cream Mixture is ready)

5. Divide the Sponge into Two Parts. Apply Cream Mixture. Keep some Cream Mixture for covering the top of the sponge.

6. Prepare Lime Juice with remaining Sugar.

7. Cut the sponge into a Trunk of a Tree. Shape and arrange in a dish.

8. Soak the Trunk with Lime Juice. Fill the remaining cream mixture into a pastry bag and decorate over the trunk by using the nozzles of pastry bag.

9. Trunk of Tree Pudding is Ready.

10. Serve Cold.

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