This carefully crafted spice blend contains all the Christmas spices to bake the traditional puddings and rich fruit cakes which fill your house with warm and sweet smells. An old tradition dictates that Christmas pudding be made on the last Sunday before Advent. Cooks combine their secret ingredients – dried fruits, nuts, swigs of this and that liquor. Before putting it in cloth, every member of the family stirs the pudding and makes a special wish.

How to use: Use about 2 tbsp of spice for a pudding that serves 12.

Ingredients: Cassia, coriander, ginger, clove, nutmeg.

Origin: Britain