An English Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 1 pound flour
• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 1 pound suet
• 1 pint milk
• 1 nutmeg
• 1 gill brandy
• 1 pound currants
• 1 pound raisins

Instructions

1. Beat eight eggs very light.
2. Add to them a pound of flour sifted, and a pound of powdered sugar.
3. When it looks quite light, put in a pound of suet finely shred, a pint of milk, a nutmeg grated, and a gill of brandy.
4. Mix with it a pound of currants, washed, picked and dried, and a pound of raisins stoned and floured.
5. Tie it in a thick cloth and boil it steadily eight hours.