Spotted dick is a traditional British steamed pudding, historically made with suet and dried fruit (usually currants or raisins) and often served with custard.

[5] The dish is first attested in Alexis Soyer's The Modern Housewife or, Ménagère, published in 1849,[6] in which he described a recipe for "Plum Bolster, or Spotted Dick – Roll out two pounds of paste [...] have some Smyrna raisins well washed".

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.

[2] The Pall Mall Gazette reported in 1892 that "the Kilburn Sisters [...] daily satisfied hundreds of dockers with soup and Spotted Dick".

[3] The name has long been a source of amusement and double entendres; reportedly restaurant staff in the Houses of Parliament decided to rename it "Spotted Richard" so it was "less likely to cause a stir".