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.