Plum Duff

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup white breadcrumb, pressed down firmly
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice, heaping
• 1 1/2 cups sultanas and currants
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 125 g melted butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup milk, to mix
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• essence of 1 lemons or the rind of a lemon, grated

1. Mix all dry ingredients except baking soda and make a well in the middle.
2. Add golden syrup and melted butter.
3. Dissolve baking soda in milk, add lemon rind or essence and mix together.
4. Scald a pudding cloth and flour generously.
5. To do this you will need a piece of calico or a cotton tea towel at least 65cm in diameter.
6. Scald the cloth in boiling water then wring out and lay cloth out on a flat surface.
7. Sprinkle both sides lightly with flour.
8. Place the cloth over a large bowl and push it into the bowl from the center to form a lining.
9. Or you can use a greased pudding basin.
10. Add mixture, then tie up the cloth but not too tightly.
11. Have a pot of water boiling and place a plate, such as a saucer, upended in the bottom to keep the pudding off the base of the pot and add the pudding.
12. Boil for 3 hours.
13. The flour on the cloth should give pudding a lovely thick skin.
14. This plum duff is delicious with custard or cream.

flour, white breadcrumb, brown sugar, mixed spice, sultanas, golden syrup, butter, baking soda, milk, baking powder, lemons

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/plum-duff-484243 (may not work)