Recipe - Diplomatic Pudding

CARAMELCOATED BAKING DISH
One half cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon ;Water

PUDDING
3 sl White bread; crusts removed
14 ounce Can sweet condensed milk
Three fourths cup ;Water
One fourth teaspoon Baking powder
3 Egg yolks; beaten
1 tablespoon Vermouth
1 tablespoon Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
6 ounce Can tropical fruit

To make caramel coating, mix ingredients in a small saucepan and cook on
medium heat. Stir until mixture begins to bubble and turns a caramel
brown. Be very careful not to burn this.

Pour hot caramel into a 1 One half qt. prewarmed baking dish. Holding the dish
with potholders, roll the hot caramel around dish to coat sides. Set aside
to cool.

To make the pudding, preheat oven to 350 F.

In a large bowl, crumble the bread and mix with milk, water, baking powder,
egg yolks, vermouth, flour and vanilla. Mix drained fruit into the batter.
Pour mixture into the caramelcoated baking dish.

Set baking dish in a pan of water and bake for 50 minutes, or until a
toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Remove dish from pan
of water and chill. To serve, invert dish onto serving platter and slice.

From Sandy Vasquez of Honduras and Miami, FL. Recipe is from her Cuban
grandmother. Tried on 09/01/90 when Sandy taught a Cuban cooking class at
The Cookbook Cottage/1279 Bardstown Rd./Louisville, KY 40204. Posted by
Cathy Harned.

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