Steam, stodge – and so much suet: I made 10 endangered British puddings. Are any actually worth saving?

Judge, jury and executioner … but how does Tim Dowling feel about his Sussex pond pudding? Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Britain’s puddings are under threat. According to research from English Heritage, only 2% of British households eat a daily homemade dessert, while a third never bake, boil or steam one at all.

“Sweet puddings are closely intertwined with British history and it would be a huge shame for them to die out,” said the charity’s senior curator of history, Dr Andrew Hann. But he went on to suggest that, at the current rate of decline, the British pudding will be extinct in 50 years.