Platinum Pudding Competition

In 2021, Fortnum and Mason, a UK food specialty store that's been in business for over 300 years held a competition for a dessert to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.  Over 5,000 entries were submitted and they got it down to 5.  Last night, CBC had a wonderful program on the contest.  CBC can dedicate 90 minutes to a dessert but can't broadcast the two hour star studded concert.  I digress.

The entries were amazing and creative.  Here is the winner:

Jemma's Lemon Swiss Roll & Amaretti Trifle

Jemma is a copywriter from Southport. She lives with her long-term partner, James, and their beloved rescue-dog Bella. Jemma started baking when she was six or seven.

 

'My inspiration is both my gran and my nan. My gran is with us, sadly my nan is not, but they are both extremely important to me. My gran taught me how to bake but my nan's signature dish was a trifle, [so] this dish is an absolute tribute to them both,' said Jemma.

 

'I found out that The Queen had lemon posset at her wedding so I decided the pudding had to be based around the lemon flavour. My gran and my nan, they very much liked lemon as well, so it all just slotted into place.'

The recipe is in PDF format so if you want to try it, here is the link:

Platinum Pudding Winner