How to Make Chocolate Pudding - The Victorian Way

Mrs Crocombe is making a treat for the servants - her recipe for steamed chocolate pudding.

INGREDIENTS
225g chocolate
150g breadcrumbs
1/2 pint milk
150g butter
120g caster sugar
3 eggs

METHOD
Melt the butter and chocolate together, and then add the breadcrumbs and the milk. Keep stirring it over the heat until it becomes thick. Separate the eggs and cook up the yolks with the sugar, then combine this with your chocolate mix. Whisk your egg whites and then fold them into your chocolate batter. Line a pudding bowl with butter, and pour in your mixture. Add a circle of baking paper on top, and secure some cloth over the top using twine. You can bring up the edges and tie them into a handle. Place it into a pan and fill with water until it reaches halfway up the bowl. Steam for about an hour.

[Flower-gthw]

Mrs crocombe: for the servants
Me:(makes for family) for the servants

[backrollz]

"For the servants, this looks just fine."
I'm a servant then

[mitsu]

She looks so proud of herself when she says 'my chocolate puddin' 😸

[LexitaMai]

"always buy the best chocolate you can afford. Then you can guarantee quality"

girl, I think you overestimate what I can afford😂

[lemonbie]

I dont know why but she looks like someone who could roast you at any moment

[Genjonable]

“For servants, this looks just fine” that shade

[watercolourferns]

Sometimes I feel like the little errand boy/girl who sneaked into the kitchen to get an apple and instead of getting angry Mrs. Crocombe took under her wing. <3

[annecarroline]

I tried this recipe and my 70 yo mother-in-law was very pleased with the result. She said it tasted just like her grandmother used to make. Her grandmother got the recipe during colonialism era in our country. Thank you English Heritage!

[ilovetruffles]

“First melt the chocolate and add the breadcrumbs.”

*pauses and stares disapprovingly into my soul*

“...and then the milk.”

[dontmess]

"For the servants"
"MY chocolate pudding"
...You made that for yourself, didn't you, dearie?

[XoAngelFanyXo]

This is such a wholesome YouTube channel and comment section. Everyone is happy and pure. There's no fighting or conflict. Just nice homely cooking.

[antra]

I made this for my husband last week. We had it with ice cream. I used steamer though. 😁😁. Happiness is making Mrs. Crocombe recipes.

[lloydyvette]

Oh my goodness I've never clicked on a video so insanely quickly! The aesthetics, the background storyline of Lord and Lady Braybrooke. Everything is so coherent and stunning, and Miss. Your acting is truly remarkable, and makes every video such a treat to watch really! Please please pleeeeaasseee keep up these amazing videos, I've enjoyed every one of them! xx

[luchts]

I expected her to say "naturally for lord braybrook I add some brandy"

[peeppaa]

I feel like a servant who doesn’t deserve to have a delicate looking pudding

[sandrasierra]

i live for these videos. Mrs. Crocombe just looks like someone that you could talk to for hours. nice solid and stern advice on relationships, gardens and food.

[Nick-xbnz]

Nobody:
Not a single soul:
Me at 3 am learning how a to make chocolate pudding the victorian way.

[sarahhanwright]

A tip for steaming the pudding if you put a small ceramic plate in the bottom of the saucepan you will here it rattle slightly as the water boiling if the plate stop rattling it means the water needs to be topped up

[mrdasilver]

"But for the servants this is just fine." I'm surprised she didn't complete that sentence by saying, "They're lucky I even made them this."

[kyliefan]

"The servants get the crap version." - I love this lady 🤣🤣😂