Serves: 10
Total Calories: 472

1 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon allspice
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 pound dark seedless raisins
2 ounces dried currants
1/2 pound seedless golden raisins
3 ounces slivered almonds
1/2 pound dried unflavored bread crumbs
1/2 pound ground suet beef, blended
1/2 pound light brown sugar
3 apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
grated lemon peel from 1/2 lemon
1/4 cup rum dark
1/4 cup apple cider
4 eggs, well beaten

Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg into a very large bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients one at a time until all are added. Grease a 2-quart pudding mold or a regular mold and pour mixture in. Cover with a square of clean linen and tie down the linen with string. Place on a trivet in a slow cooker and add 2 cups of water. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours. Makes 10 to 12 servings

It is flambeed with rum and served with a hard sauce on the side. You can make it several weeks before Christmas and let it ripen in a cool, dark closet, well wrapped in several thicknesses of cheesecloth soaked in rum and overwrapped with foil.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 10
Total Calories: 472
Calories from Fat: 57

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