Big-time dessert in the UK, so popular they've canned it -- sponge cake with dried currents, the *spots.* I'm American, I have no clue as to how it tastes, I believe the dick is shortened from Spotted Richard. Here is wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
I LOVE "
spotted Dick" and take it from me, it tastes YUMMY!
You can buy it in a can? YUCK