Professor Plum's Pudding

Ingredients

3 c bread crumbs
1 c black raisins
1 c golden raisins
1 c currants
1 3/8 c sugar
1/2 ts cinnamon
1/2 ts mace
1/2 ts nutmeg
8 oz butter
4 eggs
1/4 ts almond extract
1/2 c rum

Instructions

platter and decorate, if you wish, with sprigs of holly. Warm 1/2 c rum or bourbon whiskey. Pour around the pudding & ignite. Serve with Zabaione Sauce, if desired. From Julia Child's, "The Way To Cook"