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BERE REGIS RECIPE BOOK VILLAGE HALL

Bere Regis Village Hall AGM Monday 15 April at
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Both these recipes were made for the History society meeting at the end of
February. 7pm all welcome

Hall Bookings

MONKS PUDDING If you want to book the Village Hall please contact our VILLAGE
(Bere Regis recipe book) b o o k i n g S e c r e t a r y J o a n n a S y r e t t HALL
 Stale sponge cakes Joanna.syrett@tiscali.co.uk or telephone 01929 472037
she will also be able to show you around if you are not
 Jam familiar with the building.
 3 eggs The Hall has two rooms to offer for hire the picture show how these can look when
 2 oz butter 1 oz sugar set out.
 1 gill sherry
The Lower room is £10 an hour and the upper Hall is £15 an hour
Put the sponge cakes in buttered pie dish
pour over the sherry and stand to soak

Spread a layer of any kind of stone less jam on the top of the cakes melt the
butter and mix it with the eggs (well beaten) and the sugar. Pour this over the
sponge cakes and bake slowly in a moderate oven until set. Serve hot or cold

Alison Lynham cooked this for the meeting using Di Ventham’s strawberry jam.
She never has stale cake and had to make the sponge cake specially. On this
occasion it was cooked for 25/30 minutes @ 160 C. The pudding has a set custard
top. I found it sweet. We think it was better the next day as it was firmer and
best served with cream. It’s a bit like a warm trifle very sweet. Would be good
served with custard.
I have memories of my mother using up stale sponge with custard, Jam, bananas
or tinned fruit. (No sherry) It is a good way of using old cake and makes a good
easy pudding for hungry children. Actually men quite like it too. Quality Tax and

I searched the internet for references to Monks pudding and found nothing like KingsBere Accounting
the Bere Regis recipe. There were references to various blood puddings and
sticky toffee pudding but nothing resembling the above. For professional advice, dealing with all
Accountants aspects of accounts and tax
VICTORIA BUNS two versions
Day and evening appointments available
(Bere Regis recipe book)
Version 1
 1 egg Phone Debbie Scott FCCA, ATII on 01258 830304
 Its weight in flour office@kingsbere.co.uk

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