Christmas pudding - healthy & low calorie (no suet)

Ingredients

• 3 ozs. currants
• 3 ozs sultanas
• 4 ozs. raisins
• 4 tablespoons brandy or rum
• 3 ozs. glace cherries
• 3 ozs. plain or SR flour
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 ozs. fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 ozs. sugar - muscovado or demerara
• 2 teaspoon gravy browning
• 1/2 a lemon & 1/2 an orange - grated zest + 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 4 ozs grated apple (115g) - no need to peel
• 4 ozs finely grated carrot (peeled)
• 2 eggs + 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons molasses or cane sugar syrup

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Preparation

• Soak the dried fruit overnight in your alcohol of choice.
• The next day, dust the glace cherries in the flour before adding (with all the flour) to the rest of the pudding's dry ingredients.
• Mix all the dry ingredients together first, then add the wet ones. Mix together thoroughly - the smell is gorgeous!
• Place into a greased 2 pt. (1.2 ltre) Pyrex bowl (or similar), cover well with a double sheet of buttered greaseproof paper
• Tie with string or make a strip of foil to place under and over the bowl - so that you have a handle/s you can take the hot bowl out of the pan with.
• This may be necessary when refilling the hot water inside the saucepan.