Light Christmas Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 110 g butter, softened
• 110 g light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 175 g self raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 orange, zest of
• 1 medium cooking apple, peeled, cored and chopped small
• 3 tablespoons fruit mincemeat
• 10 red glace cherries

Recipe

• 1 grease a 1.2litre pudding basin with butter.
• 2 place the cherries in the bottom.
• 3 beat the sugar and butter with a hand held beater until pale and creamy.
• 4 beat in the eggs seperately, whisking well in between.
• 5 fold in the sifted flour, spice and salt carefully.
• 6 then add the lemon juice, lemon and orange zest, apple and fruit mince.
• 7 spoon into the basin.
• 8 tie a double piece of pleated baking paper on to the basin.
• 9 place in boiling water and cook for 2 1/2 hours.
• 10 when the pudding is completely cold, turn it out, wrap it well and freeze until needed.
• 11 take out of freezer christmas eve.
• 12 can either re-steam it for an hour or just slice it and heat in the microwave.
• 13 i used mixed red, green and yellow cherries.