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How much would you expect to pay for a home made Christmas pudding for 8?

56 replies

snowdropsy · 04/12/2024 18:14

Friend makes Christmas puddings. I said I’d buy one from her, and she said she’d drop it off at the weekend. But she didn’t say how much it would be, and I didn’t like to ask (ridiculous, I know). How much would you expect to pay for a large home made pud?

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hagchic · 05/12/2024 10:32

Looking online even for the large ones (900g) £20 seems to be the price, even towards the posher end.

Anything over that and I would really baulk - does she have a website/page where you can spy out her prices?

RubyRedBow · 08/12/2024 23:09

Did you get your pudding?

Crikeyalmighty · 08/12/2024 23:17

Can't stand the stuff so I pay about £8 at M&S or Waitrose and everyone else ( 4 of them) seems perfectly satisfied

Crikeyalmighty · 08/12/2024 23:19

@ViciousCurrentBun I live in Bath and I would be suprised here if anyone pays that when they can get something perfectly nice for about £14 at M&S , Waitrose or the posh farm shops

Imonmyway · 08/12/2024 23:22

20-30? Intrigued to know...

Comefromaway · 08/12/2024 23:22

Homemade/artisan ones online are about £15-18 to serve 6-8 people.

Clafoutie · 08/12/2024 23:34

It is like one of those competitions at fairs - do we win the pudding if we guess right OP? 🙂My guess would be £18 - £20.
Do come and tell us when you know! I am a sad sort of person that will need to keep coming back to check for an update!

AnnaDelvorkina · 09/12/2024 10:09

I am also still very interested to know the price, please!

MereDintofPandiculation · 09/12/2024 10:40

TheTecknician · 04/12/2024 18:31

Golly. I don't like the stuff but I'm amazed at just how expensive these puds are. Are the ingredients really that pricey or is there a labour element to account for too?

Ingredients are pricey. It’s why fruit cakes are expensive too. Mince pies are cheaper because they’re at least half pastry.

5foot5 · 09/12/2024 10:46

Heck!
I have made my own pudding using the Delia classic recipe. From experience I know it would be at least 8 helpings. I honestly haven't added up the cost of the ingredients but would be astonished if it came to some of the amounts suggested here.

Mind you it did also require 8 hours steaming...

irregularegular · 09/12/2024 10:53

I'd say £20 to match the upper end of shop bought ones. More if it includes a nice pudding baisin. I don't imagine her hourly earnings would be much at that rate but it's hard to ask for much more.

One year we got given one from the Waterside Inn. I checked the price. £49!! It wasn't worth it.

irregularegular · 09/12/2024 10:56

But it does depend on whether she is doing it as a small business or just for a few friends because she's happy to do it. In which case only really the cost of ingredients/fuel which would be much less.

Oreosareawful · 09/12/2024 10:57

I'm guessing about £20..

MaltipooMama · 09/12/2024 10:57

HashtagShitShop · 04/12/2024 18:20

Tell her you need to nip to the cashpoint to make sure you have the cash for her and ask how much you need to get

Came on to say exactly this too!

HotCrossBunplease · 09/12/2024 10:59

ViciousCurrentBun · 04/12/2024 20:22

Can I assume that people that are saying £40 are in London or the SE because there is no way anyone would pay that where I live.

It’s a Christmas pudding not a terraced house! Ingredients cost more or less the same in all supermarkets in the UK!

I’m always quite surprised how cheap a supermarket pre made Xmas pudding is and I don’t think that home made ones taste significantly better. (I can see the difference with other things like Christmas cakes and mice loose, but not Xmas pud).

In answer to your question I’d guess she probably wants £20.

JC03745 · 09/12/2024 11:04

I would have thought £15, even taking into account the cost of the fruit, booze, nuts and time to cook it.

Citylady88 · 09/12/2024 11:16

At least £40 which is £5 person. The ingredients for a pudding will be expensive as they include lots of dried fruit and some type alcohol, then labour, energy & a small profit.

CasperGutman · 09/12/2024 11:31

TheTecknician · 05/12/2024 10:24

I'd expect a forty quid Christmas pud to contain at least a gold sovereign rather than a shiny sixpence.

That's a bit unrealistic: a gold sovereign is worth £500 or so on its own!

CasperGutman · 09/12/2024 11:35

Do you know how big the pud is, as opposed to how many it's supposed to serve? A 1 lb/450g pudding might stretch to eight small portions, but most of the puds sold as serving 8+ are 2 lb/900g or so.

There's nothing that size from Ocado for less than £16. That's for the Carved Angel or M&S "Collection" ones. A genuinely homemade one is going to be more than that, so I would expect it to be at least £25.

MasterBeth · 09/12/2024 11:42

HotCrossBunplease · 09/12/2024 10:59

It’s a Christmas pudding not a terraced house! Ingredients cost more or less the same in all supermarkets in the UK!

I’m always quite surprised how cheap a supermarket pre made Xmas pudding is and I don’t think that home made ones taste significantly better. (I can see the difference with other things like Christmas cakes and mice loose, but not Xmas pud).

In answer to your question I’d guess she probably wants £20.

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Was just coming here to say the same thing. There are people with more money than sense right across the country, and people with no money in London.

My guess before I saw the rest of the thread was £25. Ingredients will cost £10-15. £10-ish labour? Minimum wage is now £11.44.

JC03745 · 09/12/2024 11:51

@HotCrossBunplease (I can see the difference with other things like Christmas cakes and mice loose, but not Xmas pud).

Can I ask what home made 'mice loose' tastes like when compared to the shop bought versions? 🤔🐀

HotCrossBunplease · 09/12/2024 12:15

JC03745 · 09/12/2024 11:51

@HotCrossBunplease (I can see the difference with other things like Christmas cakes and mice loose, but not Xmas pud).

Can I ask what home made 'mice loose' tastes like when compared to the shop bought versions? 🤔🐀

House mice eat delicious things like chocolate and strawberries, factory mice only eat dust and drops of sweat and tears. The flavour of home comes through 😂.

MrsSunshine2b · 09/12/2024 12:18

I paid £25 from a friend for a Christmas Cake in Spain where ingredients were already cheaper than here, and that was 15 years ago, so I'd say £40-50 now.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 09/12/2024 12:44

I'd expect 30 odd quid, maybe up to 40

Dotjones · 09/12/2024 13:19

Would be worth about a tenner so I guess they'd charge twenty.