Plum Pudding Recipe

Ingredients:
Raisin - 100 gms
Orange peel - 100 gms
Dried pineapple - 100 gms
Dried mango - 100 gms
Plum - 40 gms, diced
Apple - 40 gms, diced
Carrots - 40 gms, diced
Carrots - 40 gms, grated
Sugar - 80 gms
White butter - 100 gms
Eggs - 2
Milk - 40 ml
Orange juice - 15 ml
Lemon juice - 10 ml
Almond powder - 40 gms
Bread crumbs - 100 gms
Plain flour - 80 gms
Mixed spice - a pinch (cinnamon powder, star anise, clove and ginger powder)
Liquor or fruit beer for marination

Method:
1. Take raisins, orange peel, dried pineapple and dried mango in a mixing bowl.
2. Add diced plums, apple and grated carrots. Soak these fruits in liquor/fruit beer for atleast 7 days in a mixing bowl.
3. Take white butter and sugar and beat well. After the sugar has dissolved well in the butter add eggs one by one. Also add milk, orange juice and lemon juice.
4. Mix almond powder and bread crumbs.
5. Add plain flour and also the marinated fruits little by little and mix well.
6. Add a pinch of mixed spice.
7. Place cling wrap in a mould/dish and fill it with the mixture and cover it.
8. Take a little water in a bake and serve dish and place the mould in it. Keep the mould for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, in a pre-heated oven at 300 to 350 F.
9. When ready, dust with icing sugar and decorate.