Steaming Christmas pudding in the oven

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Anyone done it? Did they come out just the same as if you'd done them on the hob?

No but I would expect it to dry it out as you'd be baking as well as just steaming?
Are you short on hob space?

It would be fine. Make a Bain Marie, put the Christmas pudding in and cover everything with foil. It'll steam beautifully.

That's actually how the BBC good food mini Christmas pud recipe tells you to cook them. It would work for a full size pudding too.

Chewbecca DP has got his knickers in a twist about creating all that steam in the kitchen after I created a bit of a sauna once before, so I was just after a different way of doing it. I thought they'd dry out too, but I have heard that people have done it in the oven. They aren't shop bought ones Horace, I made them yesterday and they take eight hours of steaming! Then another hour or two on Christmas Day.

I use my slow-cookers to steam my puddings.

Why is there so much steam in the kitchen? It should be in the pan, under the lid, not in the kitchen!

I couldn't take the risk with lovingly homemade puddings.