Figgy pudding is a steamed cake that usually consists of dried fruit, brown sugar, candied orange peel, eggs, breadcrumbs, warm spices like nutmeg and cloves, and suet (beef or mutton fat). Once ...

If there’s one place The Great British Baking Show likes to torture its bakers the most, it’s in the Technical Challenge. And for this week’s episode — “Dessert Week” — judge Prue Leith chose a doozy.

There are so many different directions I could go this month, but this time of year makes me long for mom’s plum pudding. Plum pudding is an English recipe; it is a cross between a pudding and a cake.