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Baked Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce

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Christmas Desserts

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 c Butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/4 c Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3/4 c Molasses
  • 1 1/2 c Finely chopped mixed candied fruit
  • 1/2 c Finely chopped yellow candied pineapple
  • 1/2 c Chopped pecans
  • 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour, divided
  • 1 1/2 ts Baking powder
  • 3/4 ts Baking soda
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1 ts Ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 ts Ground allspice
  • 3/4 c Milk
  • Brandy Sauce-separate recipe
  • 10 To 12 sugar cubes
  • Lemon extract (opt.)

Directions:

Combine butter and 1/4 C sugar in a large mixing bowl; beat with a wooden spoon until well blended. Add eggs and molasses, mixing well.
 
Dredge candied fruits and pecans in 2 T flour; set aside.
 
Combine remaining flour and next 5 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir fruit mixture into batter.
 
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 2 quart ring mold. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours. Unmold onto serving platter. Spoon Brandy Sauce over pudding. If desired, soak sugar cubes in lemon extract. Arrange soaked sugar cubes evenly around heat-proof serving platter, and ignite just before serving.
 
Di Note: Don't drink too much before flaming this one on <G>. I did, and let us say...it was a very interesting moment...
 
Di Pahl's personal recipes-1994
 
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini