
Great British Bake Off judge and chef Prue Leith says: “Few children like Christmas pudding, but I’ve never met one who didn’t like ice cream. About 40 years ago, I started using the leftover Christmas cake or lump of Christmas pudding in a Christmas dessert made mostly of vanilla ice cream.
“Now everyone expects this version of Christmas ‘pud’. Some years the ice cream is flavoured with leftovers, sometimes I just buy a jar of mincemeat and use that.