A Baked Plum Pudding en Moule, or Moulded
Source: Eliza Acton, 1845
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb beef-kidney suet
- 1/2 lb raisins
- 1/2 lb currants
- 4 oz pounded sugar
- 1/2 lb flour
- 2 oz candied citron and lemon or orange rind
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 glassful brandy
- salt
- nutmeg
- Devonshire cream
Instructions
- Mingle thoroughly in a large pan or bowl half a pound of the nicest beef-kidney suet minced very small, half a pound of carefully stoned raisins, as many currants, four ounces of pounded sugar, half a pound of flour, two ounces of candied citron and lemon or orange rind, four large well whisked eggs, a small cup of milk, a glass of brandy, a tiny pinch of salt, and some nutmeg or powdered ginger.
- Beat the whole up lightly, pour it into a well-buttered mould or cake-tin and bake it in a moderate oven from an hour and a half to two hours.
- Turn it from the mould and send it quickly to table with Devonshire cream, or melted apricot marmalade for sauce.