Plum Pudding
¹⁄₄ lb. butter ¹⁄₂ lb. powdered sugar 1 gill cream 1 gill rum ¹⁄₂ lb. chopped suet 1 cup chopped raisins 1 cup currants ¹⁄₄ lb. chopped citron 6 eggs 1 tea-spoon ground spices Bread-crumbs
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Add the rum and cream. Beat well. Add the suet and well-floured fruit. Beat the eggs together till very light. Add then the spices and sufficient fine bread-crumbs to make a stiff batter. Pour into a buttered mould. Boil five hours.
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