Traditional Jamaican Christmas Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. raisins
1/2 lb. currants
1 lb. prunes
1/2 lb. cherries
1/4 lb. nuts
1/4 lb. mixed peel
2 Tbsp. burnt sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of cloves
1 pt. sherry
1/4 lb. dates
1 pt. Jamaican rum
1 pt. port wine
12 eggs
1 lb. butter
3/4 lb. dark sugar
1/2 lb. bread crumbs
1/2 lb. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tsp. grated nutmeg
4 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Stone and stew prunes with sugar to taste, then chop fine. Stone dates and chop fine. Cut other fruits very fine, except currants.
Place all fruits in a large jar (omitting nuts).
Pour wine and rum on fruits and steep for at least one month.