British holiday traditions are the inspiration for this moist, dense steamed cake packed with brandy-soaked currants, raisins, and figs. This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Plum pudding never did contain fresh plums. The “plumbs” of pudding recipes in the 16th century were dried ...