Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 240 ml molasses
- 325 gr sifted flour
- 300 gr figs (finely chopped dried)
- 230 gr butter
- 240 ml buttermilk
- 200 gr sugar
- 180 ml dry sherry
- 9 gr baking powder
- 3 gr lemon peel (grated)
- 3 gr salt
- 2 gr baking soda
- 2 gr ginger (ground)
- 1 gr nutmeg
Pudding: Cream butter until soft. Beat in eggs and molasses until fluffy. Stir in figs, lemon peel and buttermilk. Resift flour with soda, baking powder, ginger and salt. Stir dry ingredients into pudding mixture. Pour into greased 23 cm tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees 1 hour until done. Meanwhile, to make sauce, cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs. Stir in sherry, lemon peel and nutmeg. Shortly before serving, beat sauce over hot water in double boiler. Heat thoroughly. Serve with hot pudding.
