Plum Pudding (M. Francis Keating)

Ingredients:

1 lb raisins

1 lb currants

12 ozs sugar

12 ozs butter

4 ozs ground almonds 2 teaspoons mixed spice

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 lemon - rind & juice

1/4 pt milk

5 eggs

1 lb sultanas

12 ozs self-raising flour (sifted with little salt)

12 ozs bread crumbs

8 ozs candied peel

2 ozs whole almonds

1 teaspoon black treacle

pinch ground cloves

1 glass spirits - brand or whiskey

1/4 pt stout

Method:

Put dry ingredients into basin. Add fruit - almonds and peel. Sift flour with spices and salt. Mix well with dry ingredients and fruit. 

Beat eggs well/ Add milk and stir into pudding mixture. Add lemon rind and juice. Mix thoroughly then add spirits and stout. Beat in warm treacle/ Cover and leave overnight.

Fill into greased bowls (2 layers or 4 medium). Cover with greaseproof paper and tin foil and tie well. Steam for 8 hrs - and again for 4 hrs on Xmas day.