Slow cooker Christmas pudding?

Ladies you have inspired me. I am going to make one at the weekend in the slow cooker. Thank you witzend.

I fill mine fairly full, but not rammed to the top Amberone, if that makes sense!

This is Nigellas recipe, soak the fruit overnight or for upto a week. Then basically mix everything together in any order and pop into the greased pudding basin. Make sure you grease the lid if using a plastic one. The brand of sherry advised is delicious, dark and raisiny. Sainsburys normally stock it but they seem to have a shortage this year so I used a bottle of Madeira. Fingers crossed it works just as well as sherry. I have never been exact on the quantity of sherry, just slosh enough in to cover the fruit.

Apologies for the stains on that recipe, it’s a well used cookery book and I’m a dreadfully untidy cook!

I use an old, traditional, Good Housekeeping recipe. It’s not nearly as dark, dense and heavy as the shop bought puds I’ve ever tried - people who say they don’t like Christmas pudding do very often like it. Not that I ever press anyone to have it if they’re not keen - dh is well able to scoff all leftovers!

The fruit goes in plain, not soaked in anything. The only booze in it is brown ale - what with that, plus the spices and orange and lemon rind, it smells deliciously Christmassy when mixing up.
I always use ceramic pudding basins.

I also - usually - make everything although this year I probably shan't due to knee replacement last week (although DH has professed himself ready to have a go under my instructions...) I normally use Delia's recipes for mincemeat and the pudding, subbing gf ingredients where appropriate as I'm coeliac. I have even rendered my own suet, so much better that the gf veggie suet which I would normally have to use, except that last year I discovered that grated frozen Trex made a very acceptable substitute. I usually chuck in more nuts (pecans and almonds, slivered) than Delia puts in her ingredients lists.

For the cake I use an American recipe - also with added nuts - which honestly makes the best fruit cake ever. I never make it before 1 December though as gf stuff doesn't keep as well as non gf.

Thank you Calendargirl We're off to do a major shop on Friday so I'm just finding all the currants, sultanas, etc we've got left over from making the Christmas cakes. Normally I make a huge spicy bread pudding with all the left overs but we haven't been eating any bread lately so that went out of the window ?