The fruit pudding recipe is slightly different to the muffin recipe as I modified it over time while making the muffins...

Wheat, sugar and Dairy free XMAS PUDDING

Ingredients:

2 Oranges
200g Almond Meal
3 Tsp Spice
750g of mixed dried fruits
6 Eggs

Method:

1. Boil oranges in water for 2 hours. Ensure water doesn't boil dry by adding fresh boiling water from the kettle as it gets low. Allow to cool before removing from water.
2. Slice ends of orange and remove seeds.
3. Blend remaining part of the whole oranges (including peel).
4. Add Almond Meal, Spice and Eggs, blend until cake like consistency.
5. Stir through dried fruits into the mixture using a wooden spoon.
6. Pour mixture into a greased metal bowl. Cover bowl with aluminum foil and tie off with string.
7. In a large pot (large enough to hold the metal bowl with cake in it), place an inverted saucer (this keeps the metal bowl off the bottom). Then place the metal bowl (with cake) on top of the saucer. Fill pot with water until it comes up to 3/4 off the metal bowl. Cover with lid.
8. Boil for 5-8 hours ensuring to add boiling water as it gets low. I found boiling it for 5 hours and then letting it cool before boiling it for another 2-3 hours the next day works well...



Fruit muffins

Ingredients:

1 Orange
200g Almond Meal
1 Tsp Spice
375g of mixed dried fruits
1 Egg

Method:

1. Boil orange in water for 2 hours. Ensure water doesn't boil dry by adding fresh boiling water from the kettle as it gets low. Allow to cool before removing from water.
2. Slice ends of orange and remove seeds.
3. Blend remaining part of the whole oranges (including peel).
4. Add Almond Meal, Spice and Egg, blend until cake like consistency.
5. Stir through dried fruits into the mixture using a wooden spoon.
6. Pour mixture into mini cupcake molds (must be mini or they don't cook properly)
7. Bake in oven at 180 Degrees Celsius (or 350 Degrees Fahrenheit) until brown (Usually about 30 minutes while rotating)