Last minute Christmas pud receipe?

[~Kim~]

Wanna share the recipe??

[Now we're 3]

Of course - sorry should have thought of that before -

225g brown sugar
225g unsalted butter
Grated rind one orange
4 eggs beaten
225 raisons (chopped)
50g mixed peel
225g sultanas
100g currents
50g glace apriocots or pineapple (chopped) I just used glace cherries here
150g plain flour
1/2 tsp ground giner
1 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
50g almonds (chopped)
50g grated carrot - must say this one surprised me but included it
100g soft white breadcrumbs
Brandy

10/150ml pudding moulds

Mix raisons, sultanas, currants, mixed peel and apriocots together in large bowl. Sprinkle liberally with brandy and leave overnight to soak - I soaked here for almost a week and keep stirring

Cream brown sugar, butter and orange and add beaten eggs

Sift plain flour, ginger mixed spice and cinnamon together

Add fruit mixture, dry ingredient mixture, almonds, carrot and breadcrumbs gradually and alternatively to butter and sugar mixture.

Butter moulds thoroughly and line base of each with circle of greaseproof paper. Spoon mixture in and cover tightly with butter aluminum foil.

Cook in bakin pan filled with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the moulds. Bake at 180c oven for 1 1/2 hours. I kept checking to make sure water didnt boil off but was fine and didn't need to top up. When done will be firm to touch and skewer will come out clean. Mine cooked in exactly 1 1/2 hours but guess will differ slightly from oven to oven.

They came out really cleanly in perfect little pudding shapes and were yummy scummy with brandy sauce. Shame I will have to wait until next year to make them again! I was lucky and managed to pick up 150ml moulds so not sure what adjustment to cooking time you would need to make if mould size was larger or smaller.

Enjoy!