A rubbery cabinet pudding with varicose veins of glacé cherries looked like a wet Mediterranean sponge and bounced like an eggy trampoline in the mouth.
There are many variants of cabinet pudding, hot, cold, and even made with ice cream.
Pieces of stale sponge cake, in fact, any stale cake may be used for cabinet puddings, for cream puddings, or for croquettes.
Plan to use the stale bread for toast, dressings, bread and cabinet puddings, croutons and crumbs.