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Spotted dick is a traditional United Kingdom steamed pudding, historically made with suet and dried fruit (usually Zante currant or ) and often served with custard.
Non-traditional variants include recipes that replace suet with other fats (such as butter), or that include eggs to make something similar to a sponge pudding or cake.
The name "spotted dog" first appeared in 1855, in C.M. Smith's "Working-men's Way in the World" where it was described as a "very marly species of plum-pudding". This name, along with "railway cake", is most common in Ireland where it is made more similar to a soda bread loaf with the addition of currants.
The Pall Mall Gazette reported in 1892 that "the Kilburn Sisters... daily satisfied hundreds of dockers with soup and Spotted Dick".
The name has long been a source of amusement and ; reportedly restaurant staff in the Houses of Parliament decided to rename it "Spotted Richard" so it was "less likely to cause a stir".
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